Bell House (Colonial Beach, Virginia) Explained

Bell House
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 17, 1987[1]
Designated Other1 Number:199-0003
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:821 Irving Ave., Colonial Beach, Virginia
Coordinates:38.2408°N -76.9583°W
Built:-1885
Architecture:Stick/eastlake
Added:September 21, 1987
Refnum:87000692

Bell House, also known as the summer home of Alexander Graham Bell, is a historic home located at Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It is a -story, five-bay Stick Style frame dwelling originally built between 1883 and 1885 for Helen and Colonel J.O.P Burnside.[2] It features a wraparound porch with turned posts and sawn brackets and a central projecting tower with a pyramidal roof and balcony overhang. Also on the property are a contributing privy and garage (c. 1930). Alexander Graham Bell inherited the property in 1907 from his father Alexander Melville Bell, who acquired it in 1886, and held it continuously until 1918.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. News: Bell rarely relaxed while at Colonial Beach house. HALL. TIME CAPSULES LARRY. Richmond Times-Dispatch. 2018-06-19. en.