Nathaniel Russell House, 51 Meeting Street

Description:

Black and white photograph of the entrance hall at the Nathaniel Russell House looking west. A chandelier, several pieces of furniture and two rugs decorate the hallway. Paine noted on reverse, "Super Pan. 3 Flood Lamps 12 Secs F22. A20 1. Collinear III. 3. A famous Old 'floating' stairway Photo by M.B. Paine. Francis Pelzer Hall - Looking West. Only copy hold."

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: 1934

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Morton Brailsford Paine Photographs
• Object Id: MK 5929

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