Bell House (Colonial Beach, Virginia)

Bell House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Bell House, June 2012
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Location	821 Irving Ave., Colonial Beach, Virginia
Coordinates	38°14′27″N 76°57′30″W / 38.24083°N 76.95833°W / 38.24083; -76.95833Coordinates: 38°14′27″N 76°57′30″W / 38.24083°N 76.95833°W / 38.24083; -76.95833
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1883 (1883)-1885
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake
NRHP Reference #	87000692
VLR #	199-0003
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 21, 1987
Designated VLR	March 17, 1987

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  2 ¹⁄₂-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 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.