{"nrhp_refnum":"79002165","name":"Russell House","other_names":["Pate Funeral Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"203 S. Juliana St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bedford","county":"Bedford County","state":"PA","lat":40.016909104000035,"lon":-78.50353984499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story Flemish bond brick house in the late-Georgian style in Bedford, Pennsylvania, built in 1815-16 on South Juliana Street. It is now used for county offices.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a fine example of a Pennsylvania Georgian style house, built for James M. Russell, an early Bedford attorney and the town's first chief burgess. It is described as in excellent condition and a distinguished complement to Bedford's Public Square.","narrative":"Built in 1815-16 of Flemish bond brick, the Russell House stands on South Juliana Street in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Solomon Filler designed and built it for James M. Russell, a local attorney who was elected the town's first chief burgess in 1817. The five-bay, two-bay-deep house has a central doorway with a sunburst fanlight and triangular pediment hood, six-over-six windows with paneled or louvered shutters, and three gable dormers. Russell later added a two-story ell to the rear as his family grew to eight children, and a rear addition was built in 1920. The interior retains most of its original woodwork and several fireplaces. Its listing rests on its strength as a well-preserved example of Pennsylvania Georgian architecture and its role in shaping the character of Bedford's Public Square, where it now houses county offices.","period_of_significance":"1815-16","architect_builder":"Solomon Filler (builder/architect)","architectural_style":"Late Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used for county offices; interior described as in excellent condition; exterior sand-blasted and silicone-treated in recent years.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.246792-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002165.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002165/1a692cba20-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002165/1a692cba20-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russell_House_Apr_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russell_House_Apr_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994586","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_House_(Bedford,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7381567"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bedford-county/russell-house-79002165/"}