Small businesses border the street to the north, followed by the buildings of Russell Manufacturing Company, the area's most dominant feature.

Russell Street crosses Sumner Brook nearby and ascends to a large residential district to the west.

This factory was erected by the Russell Manufacturing Company in 1836, and is the oldest surviving textile mill building in the city.

[3] The original brick structure, identified as the "Webb Mill" on the 1859 Walling map, runs parallel to Sumner Brook.

[3] The long main factory section has a gabled roof trimmed by a corbeled brick cornice moulding.