Nathaniel Russell House, 51 Meeting Street

Description:

Photograph of the entrance hall in the Nathaniel Russell House. Paine noted on reverse, "The Hall of the Floating Stairway at 54 Meeting. Stairway does not touch walls of house at any point. Photo 2/15/25 MB Paine."

Completed in 1808 for merchant Nathaniel Russell, it was designed by an unknown architect in the Federal-style. Constructed with delicate and elaborate details, this three-story town home features oval-shaped rooms, palladian windows, fanlights and a free-flying staircase. Francis J. and Mary Roscoe Randolph Pelzer purchased the house sometime after 1906 and lived there until his death in 1939 and her death in 1952.

• Title: Nathaniel Russell House, 51 Meeting Street
• Photographer: Paine, Morton Brailsford, 1883-1940
• Date: February 15, 1925

---

• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Morton Brailsford Paine Photographs
• Object Id: MK 2979
• Address: 51 Meeting Street

---

• Search Terms
  • Furniture
  • Historic buildings
  • Stairways