The Bell Building is an office building located in downtown
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...
. It was built in 1907 by local businessman Newton J. Bell, and was the tallest building in Montgomery at the time.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1981.
The height of the building is 187 feet.
The entire 12th floor and the roof were rented by the
Beauvoir Club (the predecessor of the Montgomery Country Club), which had sold their mansion on Perry Street and signed a ten-year lease for the Bell Building.
Revitalization
The Bell Building underwent a multimillion-dollar revitalization to transform the building into high-end apartments and some retail space on the ground levels.
See also
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References
National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery, Alabama
Buildings and structures in Montgomery, Alabama
Commercial buildings completed in 1907
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
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