On July 18, 1983,  the house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Five generations of the Russ family lived in the house over a 100-year span. Joseph Russ was a bachelor when the house was completed and  is mother moved in as well.
On July 18, 1983, the house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The Russ family lived in the house for over a century, with five generations residing there. Joseph Russ, who was unmarried when the house was finished, moved his mother into the home as well.