Ambrose J. Russell was an architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 in Tacoma, Washington. He was Scottish and was born in the East Indies

East Indies

East Indies is a term used by Europeans from the 16th century onwards to identify what is now known as Indian subcontinent or South Asia, Southeastern Asia, and the islands of Oceania, including the Malay Archipelago and the Philippines...

. He was trained in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts where he was a classmate of Bernard Maybeck

Bernard Maybeck

Bernard Ralph Maybeck was a architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century. He was a professor at University of California, Berkeley...

.

Russell trained in the United States with 19th Century Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson

Henry Hobson Richardson

Henry Hobson Richardson was a prominent American architect who designed buildings in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and other cities. The style he popularized is named for him: Richardsonian Romanesque...

. Henry Rhodes had Russell and Frederick Heath

Frederick Heath (architect)

Frederick Heath was an American architect responsible for numerous projects in Tacoma, Washington. He worked out of his own office and as a senior partner at architectural firms. He was involved with Spaulding, Russell & Heath , and Heath & Gove...

 design and build a house in 1901.

In the Pacific Northwest Everett Phipps Babcock

Everett Phipps Babcock

Everett Phipps Babcock was an architect who worked in the U.S. states of Washington and California.Babcock worked with Ambrose J. Russell in Tacoma, Washington on "distinguished residences in various styles". The firm completed the Washington Governor's Mansion in Olympia, Washington. Their work...

 worked with him. Russell's projects included the Washington Governor's Mansion

Washington Governor's Mansion

The Washington Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the governor of Washington. The Georgian-style mansion is located on the grounds of the State Capitol campus in the capital city Olympia...

 in Olympia

Olympia, Washington

Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...

 and the William Ross Rust House

William Ross Rust House

The William Ross Rust House is a house in Tacoma, Washington built in 1905 for William Ross Rust, then President of the Tacoma Smelter and Refining Company. The house was designed by Ambrose J. Russell, who worked for Russell & Babcock with Everett Phipps Babcock, and was built by Charles Miller...

 built for smelter magnate William Rust, costing $122,500. He also designed the Temple Theater

Temple Theater

Temple Theater or Temple Theatre may refer to:* Temple Theater , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi* Temple Theatre , listed on the NRHP in North Carolina...

, Rust Building, Perkins Building

Perkins Building

The Perkins Building is a historic building in Tacoma, Washington. The 8-story building housed the offices of the Tacoma Ledger/Daily News. It was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the Northwest and the first building on West Coast to have a basement parking garage...

, Tacoma's armory and "many of the city's large mansions" including the Rhodes mansion.

Admiral James Sargent Russell

James Sargent Russell

James Sargent Russell was an Admiral in the United States Navy.-Biography:Russell was born in Tacoma, Washington, the son of noted architect Ambrose J. Russell and Loella Janet Russell. He attended DeKoven Hall School and graduated from Stadium High School in 1918...

was his son.