Hickory in Catawba County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
David L. Russell House
1906
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 2024
1. David L. Russell House Marker
National Register of Historic Places
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Law Enforcement. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.
Location. 35° 44.26′ N, 81° 20.555′ W. Marker is in Hickory, North Carolina, in Catawba County. Marker is at the intersection of 4th Avenue Northwest and 3rd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on 4th Avenue Northwest. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 311 4th Ave NW, Hickory NC 28601, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Benjamin F. Seagle House (within shouting distance of this marker); Robert W. Stevenson House (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of Hickory Graded School (about 600 feet away); Edgar D. Yoder House (about 600 feet away); Dr. T.C. Blackburn House (about 700 feet away); Yoder-Dell House (about 700 feet away); Royster-Hutton House (about 700 feet away); Willard Southerland House (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hickory.
Regarding David L. Russell House. Excerpts from the National Register nomination:
The DavidL. Russell house was built about 1908 and then rebuilt to its approximate original shape after a fire in 1914. …
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David Lester Russell (1877 1947) was an attorney and former municipal judge. The son of Dallas H. Russell, an early merchant in Hickory, he was a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College and received his bachelor of law degree from the University of North Carolina in 1900. Russell married Essie J. Glenn (1881-1943) of Gastonia in 1901. After Mr. Russell left Hickory in 1936 his son David Locke Russell (1907 1966) occupied the house. Like his father he too was an attorney, attended Lenoir-Rhyne College, and was an alumnus of the University of North Carolina Law School at Chapel Hill. Active in numerous civic organizations Russell was also a past president of the Hickory Bar Association. His widow Jo Grace Russell and a son-in-law still own and occupy the house which was originally purchased by the elder Russell at an auction sale in 1909. The original owner of the house may have been one W.P. Cline who owned the lot in 1906 when he took a $1,000 bond with the First Building and Loan Association. In 1908 Cline sold the property to Thomas Huffman, but no mention was made of a house. Huffman assumed payment of the first loan and took out another $1,000 bond in that same year. By the time that Russell purchased the property a house had been completed, or at least partiallycompleted.Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 20242. David L. Russell House Marker
Also see . . . Oakwood Historic District (PDF). National Register nomination for the original district, which was listed in 1986 and expanded in 2019. (Prepared by Kirk F. Mohney; via North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office) (Submitted on February 7, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 46 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 7, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
