Bell Building (Montgomery, Alabama)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Bell Building

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| image = Bell Building 01.jpg

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| location = 207 Montgomery St., Montgomery, Alabama

| coordinates = {{coord|32|22|36|N|86|18|38|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA Alabama Montgomery#Alabama#USA

| built = 1907

| architect = Ausfeld & Blount; Wescott & Ronneberg

| architecture = Late 19th and early 20th century American movements, Sullivanesque

| added = December 15, 1981

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 81000132{{NRISref|2009a}}

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The Bell Building is an office building located in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. It was built in 1907 by local businessman Newton J. Bell, and was the tallest building in Montgomery at the time.{{Cite news |last=Scott, Jr. |first=John B. |title=The Bell Building |periodical=The Herald |publisher=Montgomery County Historical Society |volume=17 |edition=2 |date=Spring 2009 |url=http://lostinmontgomery.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/herald-bell-building.pdf |accessdate=2009-08-29 }} It was added to the National Register of Historic Places 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.{{cite journal |journal=Buildings and Building Management |volume=13 |title=Making the Roof Pay Its Own Freight |first=Henry F. |last=Martin |date=February 1913 |pages=25–27}}