Marcus Sears Bell Farm

United States historic place
Marcus Sears Bell Farm
Marcus Sears Bell Farm
45°06′38″N 92°32′06″W / 45.11056°N 92.53500°W / 45.11056; -92.53500
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1884
Architectural styleItalianate
MPSNew Richmond MRA
NRHP reference No.88000614[1]
Added to NRHPMay 31, 1988

The Marcus Sears Bell Farm, also known as the Bell-Tierney Farmstead, is located in New Richmond, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

It includes a two-story Italianate farmhouse with a hipped roof and with endboard pilasters.[2]

The house was moved about 300 feet (91 m) in 1982 to avoid demolition.[2]

New Richmond Heritage Center

The Bell-Tierney Farmstead is now the central site of the New Richmond Heritage Center. Other historic buildings on the property include a log barn with blacksmith and carpenter tool collections, a one-room schoolhouse, a mid-20th century rural general store, and a late 19th-century Lutheran church.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "State Historical Society of Wisconsin Intensive Survey: New Richmond Preservation Society HQ". National Park Service. 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2018. With six photos from 1986.

External links

  • New Richmond Heritage Center


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