Russell Warren (architect)

Russell Warren (1783-1860) was an American architect, best known for his Greek Revival style, and notably the design of the Weybosset Arcade, now known as the Westminster Arcade in Providence, Rhode Island.

Warren was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island. By the early nineteenth century, he operated out of Bristol, Rhode Island where he constructed numerous houses for the DeWolfs, a family of prominent slave traders. Warren built numerous buildings throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He also built several notable buildings in South Carolina, where he spent winters. [ [http://www.brown.edu/Courses/HA0191/new/architect_sources.php?id=6 Brown University Biography, accessed July 6, 2008] ]

Notable works

*Linden Place, Bristol, Rhode Island, 1810
*Bristol Statehouse/Courthouse, Bristol, Rhode Island, 1814 [ [http://www.discoverbristol.com/Web%20Pages%20Folder/MuseumsP3.html Discover Bristol] ]
*Westminster Arcade, Providence, Rhode Island, 1828
*St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Warren, Rhode Island, 1830 [ [http://www.riliving.com/oceanstate/cities/warren.asp Warren RI] ]
*Grinnell Mansion, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1832 [ [http://www.rixsan.com/nbvisit/attract/grinnell.htm Grinnell Mansion] ]
*Pilgrim Hall portico, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1834 [ [http://www.pilgrimhall.org/PilgrimHallHistory3.htm Pilgrim Hall] ]
*Levi H. Gale House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1835
*New Bedford Public Library, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1839 [ [http://members.aol.com/asig128/histdowntownnb/x11lib.htm New Bedford Public Library] ]
*Lapham Institute, Scituate, Rhode Island, 1839
*State Arsenal, Providence, Rhode Island, 1839
*Pearl Street Depot, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1840 (demolished in 1880s) [ [www.geocities.com/nbps2000/RailroadDepotsofNewBedford.pdf New Bedford Deopt] ]
*Osborn House, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1843
*James D. Hathaway House, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1843
*William Lindsey House, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1844
*Warren Baptist Church, Warren, Rhode Island, 1844 [ [http://www.riliving.com/oceanstate/cities/warren.asp Warren RI] ]
*Old Third District Courthouse, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1853 (and many other buildings in the New Bedford Historic District)
*Governor Henry Lippitt House, Providence, Rhode Island, 1862

References and external links

*Downing, Antoinette F. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. Vol. 4 of 4. New York : The Free Press, 1982.
*Woodward, W. McKenzie. PPS/AlAri Guide to Providence Architecture. Providence : Providence Preservation Society, 2003.