The 19th century two-story flagstone covered Russell House represents a type of local
architecture predominant in rural Northern Virginia from the mid-19th century to the 1960's. The
house, its barn, granary, and other outbuildings made up one of the last farms in eastern Prince
William County. Originally a hog and dairy farm, it was converted to dairying in the 1950's. The
farm buildings were torn down in 1991. On this site also stood the Russell Store, the center of
local commercial activity in the Bethel, Smoketown, Agnewville and Hoadley sections of the
county. The two-story general store, dating from the early 1900s, was operated by Daisy
Tavenner Russell from 1917 until 1977. It was razed in 1992.
Erected 1980