Background
Russell, Ernest John was born on March 5, 1870 in London, England. Son of John Stokes and Mary J. (Mayhew) Russell.
Russell, Ernest John was born on March 5, 1870 in London, England. Son of John Stokes and Mary J. (Mayhew) Russell.
Brought to the United States in childhood. Educational public schools, Colorado.
Began study of architecture, 1887. Member Mauran, Russell & Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, 1900-1909, Mauran & Russell, 1909-1911, Mauran, Russell & Crowll, 1911-1937, Mauran. Russell, Crowell & Mullgardt, 1937-1948.
Russell, Crowell, Mullgardt & Schwarz, 1948-1950, Russell, Mullgardt & Schwarz, 1950-1955. Russell, Mullgardt, Schwarz & Van Hoeten, since 1955. Architect Railway Exchange Building, Laclede Gas Light Building, Second Baptist Church, First Church of Christ Scientist, Federal Reserve Bank Building (St. Louis), Rice Hotel and Municipal Auditorium (Houston, Texas), Galvez Hotel (Galveston), Gunter Hotel (San Antonio), Lee Huckins Hotel (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), Southwestern Bell Telephone Сompany (St. Louis), etc.
Architect (associate with A. B. M. Corrubia) United States Housing Administrn. Project Missouri-1-2. Architect with Giffels & Vallet, Inc., engrs. on small arms plant in St. Louis.
Member St. Louis Public Recreation Comm., 1908-1909, 1911, St. Louis House of Delegates, 1909-1911. Member Board of Appeals, 1911, 12. (Fellow) The American Institute of Architects (vice president 1923, 1930-1932.
Member American Society Testing Materials, National Housing Conference, National City Planning Conference. Member Royal Institute British Architects. Clubs: University, Noonday (St. Louis), Bellerive.
Deputy chief production, housing division United States Shipping Board, 1918.
Married Elizabeth Dunlap, 1896. Children: Mary Dunlap, Elizabeth Bacon.