M. Fred Bell Rental Cottage

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M. Fred Bell Rental Cottage

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M. Fred Bell Rental Cottage, December 2012
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Location 302 E. Fifth St., Fulton, Missouri
Coordinates 38°50′49″N91°56′38″W / 38.84694°N 91.94389°W / 38.84694; -91.94389 Coordinates: 38°50′49″N91°56′38″W / 38.84694°N 91.94389°W / 38.84694; -91.94389
Area less than one acre
Built 1893 (1893)-1894, c. 1904
Architect Bell, Fred M.
Architectural style Shingle Style
NRHP reference # 97000627 [1]
Added to NRHP July 10, 1997

M. Fred Bell Rental Cottage is a historic home located at Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri. It was built between about 1893 and 1894, with additions designed by Fulton architect Morris Frederick Bell built about 1904. It is a one-story, Queen Anne / Shingle Style frame cottage with a central hip roof with pinwheel projecting gables. It was restored in the late-1990s. [2] :5

Fulton, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Fulton is the largest city in and the county seat of Callaway County, Missouri, United States. Approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Jefferson City and the Missouri River and 20 miles (32 km) east of Columbia, the city is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,790 in the 2010 census. The city is home to two universities, Westminster College and William Woods University, the Missouri School for the Deaf, the Fulton State Hospital, and Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center.

Callaway County, Missouri County in the United States

Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 United States Census, the county's population was 44,332. Its county seat is Fulton. With a border formed by the Missouri River, the county was organized November 25, 1820, and named for Captain James Callaway, grandson of Daniel Boone. Callaway County has been historically referred to as "The Kingdom of Callaway" after a 19th-century incident in which some residents confronted Union troops, during the U.S. Civil War.

Morris Frederick Bell was an American architect known primarily for his institutional buildings but also for his domestic and commercial structures. His best known work is the David R. Francis Quadrangle the historic center of the University of Missouri including Jesse Hall. He also designed state correctional schools in Boonville, Chillicothe, and Tipton; and state mental hospitals in Fulton, Higginsville, and Nevada. Bell, a democrat, was also active in civic life. He trained and employed William Lincoln Garver as an assistant. Garver would later go on to have a stand-alone career.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. McDaniel, Vicki and Steven E. Mitchell (April 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: M. Fred Bell Rental Cottage" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-10-01.