Charles E. Bell Explained

Charles Emlen Bell
Birth Date:1858
Birth Place:McLean County, Illinois, U.S.
Death Date:1932
Occupation:Architect
Known For:Architectural contributions in Iowa, Montana, and Minnesota
Spouse:Helen Louise "Nellie" Wickham (m. 1880)
Education:Educated at West Town Boarding School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Charles Emlen Bell (1858–1932),[1] often known as C.E. Bell, was an American architect of Council Bluffs, Iowa[2] and Minneapolis, Minnesota. He worked alone and in partnership with John H. Kent and Menno S. Detweiler. He also worked as part of Bell, Tyrie and Chapman.[3] A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Biography and career

Bell was born in McLean County, Illinois, on March 31, 1858, and was educated at West Town Boarding School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. In 1880, he married Helen Louise "Nellie" Wickham (1858–1913), and they moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1884.[4]

Bell began his career as a carpenter and worked on the construction of the post office in Council Bluffs. He and John Kent established a partnership, and won the competition to design the Montana State Capitol.[5] They opened an office in Helena, Montana, for the project.

Bell moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and set up a partnership with Menno Detweiler. From 1904 until Detweiler's death in 1907, Bell & Detweiler built courthouses throughout the midwest including Brown County Courthouse (Wisconsin), Delaware County Courthouse (Iowa), and Martin County Courthouse (Minnesota). In 1908, Bell joined architects George Augustus Chapman and William W. Tyrie in the firm Bell, Tyrie and Chapman, where he remained until 1913. Bell worked alone, with only brief partnerships, for the rest of his career and died on May 10, 1932, in Minneapolis.

Selected works

Bells works include (with attribution):

Notes and References

  1. https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/736355 Philadelphia Architects and Builds
  2. A Landscape of Statehood: The Montana State Capitol. Carroll Van. West. Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 37. 4. Autumn 1987. 74.
  3. Web site: Special Photograph Collections. history.sd.gov. South Dakota State Historical Society. June 23, 2017.
  4. Book: Lathrop. Alan K.. Minnesota architects : a biographical dictionary. 2010. University of Minnesota Press. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 978-0-8166-4463-6. 16–17.
  5. News: A State Capitol. The Capitol Commission Let the Contract for Plans. June 24, 2017. Great Falls Tribune. March 20, 1898. Great Falls, Montana. 1.
  6. News: Court House and Jail: Designs Accepted for New Structures at Green Bay. June 25, 2017. The Oshkosh Northwestern. November 15, 1907. Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 1.
  7. Web site: Delaware County Courthouse. npgallery.nps.gov. June 25, 2017. en.
  8. Web site: Gov. S. H. Elrod House. npgallery.nps.gov. June 25, 2017. en.
  9. Web site: Building Location Details: Martin County Courthouse. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606091125/http://mncourts.gov/default.aspx?page=34&ID=40068. 2012-06-06.
  10. Web site: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains - State and Provincial Capitols. 6 July 2016.
  11. Web site: Illinois Historic Sites Survey Inventory. https://web.archive.org/web/20160630202640/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/120308.pdf. dead. June 30, 2016. gis.hpa.state.il.us. June 25, 2017.

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