Ernest John Russell FAIA (1870–1956) was an English-born American architect in practice in St. Louis from 1900 until his death in 1956.

In 1887 he joined the office of Frank Townsend Lent, a local architect, and worked his way up to drafter.

In 1892 he moved to Chicago, where he joined the local office of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge.

[1][2] Russell was a member of the American Society for Testing and Materials, the American Town Planning Institute, the Civic League, the National City Planning Conference and the National Housing Conference.

[1] In 1932 he was made an honorary corresponding member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

[2] In 1895 Russell was married to Elizabeth Dunlap, a relative of Benjamin H. Warder, an important client of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, in Springfield, Ohio.