Bell House 2.93

Bell House, also known as the summer home of Alexander Graham Bell, is a historic home located at Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was built between 1883 and 1885, and is a -story, five-bay Stick Style frame dwelling. 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 is currently for sale as a B&B.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.