NW of Mountain Rest on SC 28, Mountain Rest, South Carolina. County/parish: Oconee.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 29, 1988. NRIS 83004549.
12 contributing buildings.
Russell House was a historic inn located near Mountain Rest, Oconee County, South Carolina. It was built about 1867, and considerably expanded around 1890, and served as an inn for travelers between Walhalla and the mountain resort area. The Russell House, two storage buildings, and a privy were destroyed by fire in 1988. Located on the property are the contributing ruins of a log barn, a spring house, outhouse, garage, corn crib, and potato cellar.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118998251