Below are the references for Ephraim Russ Research:
Glossary of Architectural Terms http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/architecture/resources/dictionary.html
RHS Resources The items below can be viewed at the Rensselaerville Historical Society Grist Mill.
A History of The Rensselaerville Presbyterian Church, by Nancy Chase and Barbara Dudley, 2016, Pages 7, 18, 19, 34 & 35.
Architecture of Ephraim Russ by Carol J. Drosseler, Natural Sciences Institute Atmospheric Science Research Center of the State University of New York, Rensselaerville, New York, Field Study. Research Station The Mill House - E.N. Huyck Preserve, Supported by Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve, Institute on Man and Science 1967.
Frances G. Long Memorial, 44 Methodist Hill Rd. Rensselaerville, NY 12147, June 1998, Janet Haseley, updated June 2009.
Interview of Dorothea Martin - July 25, 2008 by Tim and Linda Miller.
Information given by Stewart R. Osborne
Landmarks of Albany County, New York
Ledger of Jonathan Jenkins, pages reflect account to Ephraim B. Russ for the building of the Episcopal Church from Jonathan Jenkins Treasurer for the Church.
Ledgers Reveal Facts About Jenkins House – newspaper article, August 15, 1940.
Letter from Ephraim B. Russ to C.L. Mulford, January 18, 1813.
Rensselaerville Reminiscences and Rhymes, reprinted from the Village Newspapers 1890, Pages 45-46, 55.
Rensselaerville’s Russ Legacy, by Joanne Lafrancois, The Sunday Gazette, December 6, 1992.
The Rural Folio – the Rensselaerville Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, Pages 7-11;
Vol.3, No. 1, Winter 1980, The Rensselaerville Historical Society Magazine, page 16, Memorandum of
Agreement with Ephraim Russ
Architecture of Ephraim Russ, part 1 HOUSES, Edwin R. Van Kleek
What Do We Know About Ephraim B. Russ? Edwin R. Van Kleeck, 1964.
Supplementary Data on Ephraim Russ, April 1864 – Edwin R. Van Kleek
The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, Volume 10 Number 4, 1924, Rensselaerville, An Old Village of the Helderbergs by William A. Keller, reprint 1969.
Conkling House: pages 5, 7, 8
Eli Hutchinson: pages 11, 12,
Gurdon Conkling: pages 12, 13, 14
Jenkins House: pages 9, 10, 12
Presbyterian Church: pages 12, 16
Trinity Church: pages 1,15
Watson Inn: pages 2, 6, 10
Web sites:
www.jfredpeterson.comtree/lg11rust.htm
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/architecture/resources/dictionary.html (architectural terms)
https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837
www.traditionalbuilding.com/opinions/asher-benjamin (Judy Hayward – July 5, 2018)
https://archive.org/details/oldlandmarkshist00drake/page/n11 (Old Landmarks and Historic Personage of Boston by Samuel Adam Drake 1833-1905, a book published 1873).
https://archive.org/stream/recordofrustfami00rust/recordofrustfami00rust_djvu.txt
https://archive.org/stream/fosdickfamilyoys00fosd/fosdickfamilyoys00fosd_djvu.txt (Full text of Fosdick Family, The Oyster Bay branch 1583-1891: A record of the ancestry and descendants of Samuel Fosdick the 3rd of Oyster Bay, L.I.)
http://www.jfredpeterson.com/tree/names.htm#rust (Rust family tree)
https://archive.org/details/soldiersinkingph00bodg/page/n3 (King Philips War)
https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028814304/cu31924028814304_djvu.txt (list freeman)
- Cornice: A cornice is the finished edge of the roof where it meets the exterior wall, of varying sizes, sometime plain, but often decorative and marked by brackets, dentils, medallions or some other decorative feature.
- Column: A support pillar, usually round, found on porches and as a decorative detail.
- Column Capitals: Capitals are the tops of round columns and may be of several distinct types or orders. Greek Doric capitals are fluted and plain, Roman Doric capitals are smooth and plain, Ionic capitals have a rams horns at all four corners, and a Corinthian capital is highly decorative with curling acanthus leave
- Facade: The face of a building, usually referring to the front.
- Fanligh: A semi-circular (fan shaped) window placed atop a door, commonly seen in Federal Frieze.
- Frieze: the panel beneath the cornice at the top of a building's exterior wall which is often ornamented with brackets, dentils or modallions.
- Lintel: The flat horizontal piece at the top of a window.
- Palladian Window: A three-part, round-arched window, named for the 15th century Italian architect Andreas Palladino, also known as a Venetian Window and common in the Georgian and Colonial Revival styles.
- Pediment: A triangular space created by a front facing gable roof, often seen in Classical Revivial style buildings
- Pilaster: A pilaster is a narrowly protruding column attached to a wall, giving the illusion of a real free standing support column.
- Portico: A small entrance porch
RHS Resources The items below can be viewed at the Rensselaerville Historical Society Grist Mill.
A History of The Rensselaerville Presbyterian Church, by Nancy Chase and Barbara Dudley, 2016, Pages 7, 18, 19, 34 & 35.
Architecture of Ephraim Russ by Carol J. Drosseler, Natural Sciences Institute Atmospheric Science Research Center of the State University of New York, Rensselaerville, New York, Field Study. Research Station The Mill House - E.N. Huyck Preserve, Supported by Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve, Institute on Man and Science 1967.
Frances G. Long Memorial, 44 Methodist Hill Rd. Rensselaerville, NY 12147, June 1998, Janet Haseley, updated June 2009.
Interview of Dorothea Martin - July 25, 2008 by Tim and Linda Miller.
Information given by Stewart R. Osborne
Landmarks of Albany County, New York
Ledger of Jonathan Jenkins, pages reflect account to Ephraim B. Russ for the building of the Episcopal Church from Jonathan Jenkins Treasurer for the Church.
Ledgers Reveal Facts About Jenkins House – newspaper article, August 15, 1940.
Letter from Ephraim B. Russ to C.L. Mulford, January 18, 1813.
Rensselaerville Reminiscences and Rhymes, reprinted from the Village Newspapers 1890, Pages 45-46, 55.
Rensselaerville’s Russ Legacy, by Joanne Lafrancois, The Sunday Gazette, December 6, 1992.
The Rural Folio – the Rensselaerville Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, Pages 7-11;
Vol.3, No. 1, Winter 1980, The Rensselaerville Historical Society Magazine, page 16, Memorandum of
Agreement with Ephraim Russ
Architecture of Ephraim Russ, part 1 HOUSES, Edwin R. Van Kleek
What Do We Know About Ephraim B. Russ? Edwin R. Van Kleeck, 1964.
Supplementary Data on Ephraim Russ, April 1864 – Edwin R. Van Kleek
The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, Volume 10 Number 4, 1924, Rensselaerville, An Old Village of the Helderbergs by William A. Keller, reprint 1969.
Conkling House: pages 5, 7, 8
Eli Hutchinson: pages 11, 12,
Gurdon Conkling: pages 12, 13, 14
Jenkins House: pages 9, 10, 12
Presbyterian Church: pages 12, 16
Trinity Church: pages 1,15
Watson Inn: pages 2, 6, 10
Web sites:
www.jfredpeterson.comtree/lg11rust.htm
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/architecture/resources/dictionary.html (architectural terms)
https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837
www.traditionalbuilding.com/opinions/asher-benjamin (Judy Hayward – July 5, 2018)
https://archive.org/details/oldlandmarkshist00drake/page/n11 (Old Landmarks and Historic Personage of Boston by Samuel Adam Drake 1833-1905, a book published 1873).
https://archive.org/stream/recordofrustfami00rust/recordofrustfami00rust_djvu.txt
https://archive.org/stream/fosdickfamilyoys00fosd/fosdickfamilyoys00fosd_djvu.txt (Full text of Fosdick Family, The Oyster Bay branch 1583-1891: A record of the ancestry and descendants of Samuel Fosdick the 3rd of Oyster Bay, L.I.)
http://www.jfredpeterson.com/tree/names.htm#rust (Rust family tree)
https://archive.org/details/soldiersinkingph00bodg/page/n3 (King Philips War)
https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028814304/cu31924028814304_djvu.txt (list freeman)