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In his will, Paul Rudolph gave his Architectural Archives (including drawings, plans, renderings, blueprints, models and other materials prepared in connection with his professional practice of architecture) to the Library of Congress Trust Fund following his death in 1997. A Stipulation of Settlement, signed on June 6, 2001 between the Paul Rudolph Estate and the Library of Congress Trust Fund, resulted in the transfer of those items to the Library of Congress among the Architectural Archives, that the Library of Congress determined suitable for its collections. The intellectual property rights of items transferred to the Library of Congress are in the public domain. The usage of the Paul M. Rudolph Archive at the Library of Congress and any intellectual property rights are governed by the Library of Congress Rights and Permissions.

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LOCATION
Address: 945 Whitakers Lane (was 1715 Palmetto Lane)
City: Sarasota
State: Florida
Zip Code: 34236
Nation: United States

STATUS
Type: Residence
Status: Demolished

TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1947-1948
Site Area: 17,401 s.f.
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Floors (Above Ground): 1
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PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: Maynard E. (Russ) and Phyllis Boggs Russell
Architect: Ralph S. Twitchell
Associate Architect: Paul Rudolph
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SUPPLIERS
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russell residence

The project scope is to design a residence for Maynard Erwin Russell (1910-1983) and Phyllis Boggs Russell (1914-1999).
The residence is featured in House and Garden in December 1949
The residence is featured in Architectural Record in January 1950
The Russells move out around 1968 and their son Jon moves in for about four years, according to Jon's sister Barbara Sue Russell Michel.
The residence is demolished in the 1990's with a new house built on the site in 1994

“Built at the mouth of a bayou and on top of a linear Native American midden mound, the Russell Residence illustrates an acute awareness of climate and the special characteristics of the site. One room deep and opening to the bay, the house successfully captured the breezes. In conception, this linear construction was not unlike the wood pole structures with sheltering roofs that the Native Americans built on sililar sites hundreds of years earlier.”

— Domin, Christopher, et al. Paul Rudolph: the Florida Houses. Princeton Architectural Press, 2002.