The Ipswich Assessors’ site indicates that the house at 23 East Street in Ipswich was constructed in approximately 1930. The Historical Commission records show that it was constructed between 1856 and 1872, as determined by the dates on which it appears on town maps. The house is shown as the Russell house in the 1884 map and as the Dr. Russell house in the 1910 Ipswich map.