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Archimedes Russell, John Bradley Benson

School of Architecture - Theses

This thesis is intended a s a general survey of the life and works of Archimedes Russell with an exhibition projection.

The Architectural Legacy Of Archimedes Russell, Evamaria Hardin

School of Architecture - Theses

The geographical location of Syracuse, its industry and especially its location on the Erie Canal, were factors propitious for its growth and development as an industrial center within New York State.

After the Civil War, Syracuse experienced a building boom which offered unusual possibilities for the builder-architect. Although there was an increase of formal education for architects during the second half of the nineteenth century, many regional architects learned their trade in the office of an architect or of a builder-architect; the distinctions were not always finely drawn.

One of these architects was Archmedes Russell, who came to Syracuse from …