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John C. Bell House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	229 S. 22nd St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′0″N 75°10′40″W / 39.95000°N 75.17778°W / 39.95000; -75.17778
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1906
Architect	Horace Trumbauer
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Neo-Georgian
NRHP reference No.	82003807
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1982

The John C. Bell House is an historic American house that is located at 229 South 22nd Street in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

History and architectural features

Designed by architect Horace Trumbauer in the Colonial Revival style, this historic structure was erected in 1906, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The house was built for John C. Bell, who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania. His sons, John C. Bell, Jr., who served as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Pennsylvania as well as Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and Bert Bell, co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles and NFL Commissioner, lived in the house. In 1944, the house was sold by the Bell family and converted into apartments.

A top-floor balcony collapsed on January 11, 2014, leaving one person dead and two others seriously injured.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Elizabeth M. Dowling, Pennsylvania Historic Resources Survey: John C. Bell House. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1980. Accessed 2010-09-30. To access this file type "public" as your ID and "public" as your password.
3. Steele, Allison (January 12, 2014). "Man dead in Philadelphia fire escape collapse". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
4. "4th-floor balcony collapses at Philly home; 1 dead". Associated Press. January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2014.

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