Hiram Bell Farmstead Explained

Bell, Hiram, Farmstead
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Nearest City:Columbiana, Ohio
Location:43628 OH 517, Columbiana, Ohio
Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
Coordinates:40.8164°N -80.6756°W
Built:1850
Architect:Hiram Bell
Architecture:Greek Revival, Italianate
Added:December 9, 1999
Refnum:99001496

The Hiram Bell Farmstead was built by Hiram Bell in 1850. It is located in Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. The house and adjoining buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1999.

Bell was a native of Columbiana County, born at the family homestead approximately southwest of East Fairfield in Elkrun Township. In 1877, Bell was elected to a three-year term as a Columbiana County commissioner. By this time, he had built himself a reputation as a prosperous businessman.[1] Beside his farm, Bell supported his family via a simple industrial facility: throughout the 1860s and 1870s, he owned a steam sawmill in Elkrun Township.

Notes and References

  1. Mack, Horace. History of Columbiana County Ohio, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Ensign, 1879.