[1] The Russwurm House is located on the northwest side of Ocean Avenue (Maine State Route 9), between Gleckler and Wellington Roads.

It is a typical Federal period 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a five-bay front facade and side gable roof.

It is one room deep, and has a center entrance with a modest Greek Revival surround that includes sidelights and pilasters.

His father died in 1815, and his stepmother, Susan, lived there with her third husband, local miller William Hawes, after their marriage in 1817.

In 1836, he was chosen to serve as the first black governor of Maryland in Africa, a colony which eventually became part of Liberia.