Charles E. Bell

South Dakota State Capitol

Capitol's rotunda

Charles E. Bell (born 1858), often known as C.E. Bell, was an American architect of Council Bluffs, Iowa^[1] and of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He worked alone and in partnership with John H. Kent^[1] and Menno S. Detweiler.

He also worked as part of C.E. Bell, Tyrie and Chapman.^[2]

A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

Works include (with attribution):

• Brown County Courthouse, Beaux Arts, built 1910, 100 S. Jefferson St. Green Bay, WI, (Bell,C.E.), NRHP-listed
• Cass County Courthouse, Beaux Arts, built 1904-1906, South Ninth Street between Second and Third avenues, Fargo, ND, NRHP-listed.
• Delaware County Courthouse, Romanesque Revival, Main St. Manchester, IA, (Bell,C.E.), NRHP-listed
• Gov. S. H. Elrod House, 301 N. Commercial St. Clark, SD, (Bell,C.E.), NRHP-listed
• Grant County Courthouse, built in 1915, jct. of Park Ave. and Main St. Milbank, SD, (Bell,C.E.; Bell & Detweiler), NRHP-listed
• One or more works in Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District, Market, 6th, 7th, and Court Sts., around Courthouse Sq. Harlan, IA, (Bell,C.E.), NRHP-listed
• Koochiching County Courthouse, 4th St. and 7th Ave. International Falls, MN, (Bell,C.E.), NRHP-listed
• Marshall County Courthouse, 911 Vander Horck Ave. Britton, SD (Bell and Detweiler), NRHP-listed^[3]
• Martin County Courthouse, 201 Lake Avenue, Fairmont, MN^[4]
• Shelby County Courthouse, built 1893, 7th and Court Sts. Harlan, IA, (Bell,C.E.), NRHP-listed
• South Dakota State Capitol,^[5] bounded by Broadway, Washington, and Capitol Aves. Pierre, SD, (Bell,C.E.), NRHP-listed
• Woodford County Courthouse (Illinois) 115 N. Main St. Eureka, IL Built 1897 (Bell, C.E.)

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