Interesting facts about the Bell House
Did you know the Bell House, one of The City of Montgomery’s many landmark houses, was almost demolished in 1960? The home was built around 1820-1835. The home belonged to the Bell Family. Eliza Jane Weller Bell lived in the house in the 1890’s and her daughter married a member of the Montgomery City Council, George Arstingstall. It was later nicely renovated and turned into the medical office of Dr. Edward Slowick and Dr. Richard Sulek in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Besides the family history that surrounds the home, there is also architectural history in the home as well. The reason it was not demolished was due to an architect, Jacques Sohn, who noticed the home was an impressive example of saltbox architecture. Saltbox architecture is a New England Colonial style home that has an extremely sloped gable roof that resembles the boxes that were used to store salt. It still has the solid oak beams that were commonly used in early homes and the foundation is still made of the native stone. It is one of the few examples left in the area. The Bell House became a landmark in 1977.