Rensselaer Russell House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The house in 2018
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Location	520 West Third Street Waterloo, Iowa
Coordinates	42°29′38.1″N 92°20′44.2″W / 42.493917°N 92.345611°W / 42.493917; -92.345611
Area	less than one acre
Built	1861
Built by	Rensselaer Russell
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	89001779[1]
Added to NRHP	July 5, 1973

The Rensselaer Russell House, also known as the Lamson House, is a historic building located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Russell was a real estate investor, banker, and a dealer in dry goods. He completed the construction of this two-story Italianate house in 1861. This was one of the first substantial brick houses built in the city.^[2] He had to import materials from Dubuque and Chicago to build it. Washington Square, located across the street, was donated by the family to the City of Waterloo in 1871. The house is made up of a two-story brick main block with a smaller 1½-story wing. It features a tall narrow windows, Corinthian columns on the porches, bracketed eaves, and hipped roof capped with a belvedere. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

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