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Slides showing the Benjamin Russell Building
No full text6 slides of the outside of the Benjamin Russell Buildin
Benjamin Russell and Sons Ltd. factory, c.1920
No full textPhotograph of Benjamin Russell and Sons Ltd. factory exterior, Eastern Boulevard. Canal bridge in foreground
'Plans knocked down' by James Hermon, 12th March 1993. Article on the plans to demolish the Benjamin Russell Building
No full textNewspaper article detailing the planned conversion of the Benjamin Russell Building, and the subsequent decison to demolish it.LEICESTER MERCUR
ARCHITECTS WHO WANTED TO SAVE BUILDING WILL DEMOLISH IT
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THE architects who drew
up plans to demolish a
landmark Leicester facby
James Hermon
tory were involved in a architects of a new building,
campaign to save the which involves demolition.
building. "Victorian buildings like ours
are very robust. They can take
The Johnathan Smith modification and alteration.
Partnership drew up plans "But they are not always
to convert the Mill Lane suited for domestic refurbishbuilding
- and wanted to ments. That was one of the probhave
it declared a listed lems we encountered with the
building to protect it from Russell building. "
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And the firm has now old building while being the
drawn up plans to demol- hOt t f b "Id" ish the factory to make arc I ec s 0 a new UI mg,
way for a new student hos- which involves demolition'
tel for De Montfort University.
The factory - the Russell
building - is an imposing Victorian
building which was
extended in the 1920s.
The Jonathan Smith Partnership
firm itself occupies an old
mill in Lower Brown Street in
offices converted by them in
1990.
Last year, it was awarded fIrst
prize in the conservation class
of the annual Leicestershire and
Rutland Society of Architects
awards.
Mr Kanti Chhapi, a director at
the partnership, said today:
"Obviously we are aware of the
irony of our position.
"We love and happily enjoy an
old building while being the
Mr Kanti Chal}pi
But Mr Chhapi, who is a member
of the Visions for Leicester
team, said every effort had been
made to save the old factory.
The developers, Loughborough-
based William Davis Ltd,
were granted outline planning
.permission for a restoration in
1992.
And the architects were
among the campaigners who
fought unsuccessfully to get
listed status for the building.
"We wanted to re-use the
existing building but we found
it would not have been commercially
viable. That was the trigger
to explore the new build
option."
The current scheme is esti-mated
to cost about £6-million.
Mr Chhapi added: "The irony
is, if the building had been .....I IIIIILiI. ............II IIIIIIII. ..............
listed, there are savings in VAT r
and other costs.
"And it could have made
using the factory quite
favourable."
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Shepherd, Russell Benjamin
No full textCarte de Visite of Colonel Russell Benjamin Shepherd, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery; From the MacDonald Collectionhttps://digitalmaine.com/arc_civilwarportraits/2713/thumbnail.jp
Shepherd, Russell Benjamin
No full textCarte de Visite of Colonel Russell Benjamin Shepherd, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery; From the MacDonald Collectionhttps://digitalmaine.com/arc_civilwarportraits/2713/thumbnail.jp
Boston, Massachusetts 1868
No full textShows wards and railroads; Relief shown by hachures; Oriented with north to the upper right; Inset: East Boston; "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1868 by B.B. Russell in the clerk's office of the District Court of Mass." Held at the American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.Color
J.C. Painter letter to Benjamin Lundy
No full textLetter from J.E. Painter to (presumably) Benjamin Lundy, answering a request for information about the history and operations of the Underground Railroad. Letter includes details of a story of an ex-slave transported on the Underground Railroad through Ohio and stories of the plight of other fugitive slaves crossing the Ohio River.
Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His "Genius of Universal Emancipation" was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
Mexican land grant contract to Benjamin Lundy, March 10, 1835 (English)
No full textLegal document from an unsigned officer to Benjamin Lundy, authorizing him rights as empresario to a tract of land in then-Mexico. The document extends a previous treaty made to Lundy by the government of Mexico from November 17, 1823 -- presumably, this land is to be the site of Lundy's freed slave colony. Original Spanish-language document is also a part of this collection. Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His Genius of Universal Emancipation was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
Eli Nichols letter to Benjamin Lundy, March 17th, 1839
No full textFriendly note from Eli Nichols to Benjamin Lundy covering topics in contemporary abolition, ranging from the social status of abolitionists to the oppression of the poor. Much of the letter concerns a review of contemporary social movements in equality-based education, including Shaker and Quaker communities. The letter concludes in discussion of Nichols' and Lundy's interest in forming a freed slave colony or community in then-Mexico, and describes the climate and culture of those regions in detail. Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His Genius of Universal Emancipation was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
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