William Ross Rust House

Tacoma, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The William Ross Rust House is a Neoclassical residence built in 1905 in Tacoma, Washington, for William Ross Rust, then president of the Tacoma Smelter and Refining Company. Designed by Ambrose J. Russell of the firm Russell & Babcock and constructed by Charles Miller, the house is built of sandstone quarried in Wilkeson, Washington, and features a distinctive green glazed terra cotta tile roof. The eighteen-room mansion contains four bathrooms and eight fireplaces, and was modeled after the John A. McCall Mansion in Monmouth County, New Jersey, completed in 1903. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.