Brandon-Bell-Collier House - Fulton, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 51.275 W 091° 56.687
15S E 591560 N 4301168
Historic Queen Anne style home in Fulton, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM3RZ4
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2008
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"The Brandon-Bell-Collier House, 207 East Ninth Street, Fulton, Callaway
County, is significant under Criterion C in the area of architecture. The
original portion of the house was constructed circa 1862 and passed through
several owners before its acquisition in 1900 by M. Fred Bell, a Fulton
architect and businessman noted for his many and varied designs of commercial,
institutional, religious, and residential buildings. Over the next year,
Bell undertook a major remodeling of the house, expanding it and adding
contemporary details which converted the four room, rectangular house to an
irregular plan late Queen Anne style cottage with Colonial Revival elements. The
remodeled house reflected Bell's long interest in the Queen Anne style, a style
he employed on the majority of the residential properties which he designed and
built in Fulton and which he advocated for small homes in his publications. As a
remodeling, the Brandon-Bell-Collier House is unlike the other two already
listed speculative cottages designed and built by Bell, but, like the other two
properties, it also represents his practical approach to architecture as a
business. An excellent example of the work of the prolific master architect, the
house retains its integrity of design, materials, workmanship and location. The
period of significance is set at circa 1901-1902, the likely time period in
which Bell accomplished the remodeling."
~ National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form