{"nrhp_refnum":"82003807","name":"Bell, John C., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"229 S. 22nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94999650500006,"lon":-75.17732408199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The John C. Bell House is a 3½-story Neo-Georgian townhouse at the northeast corner of 22nd Street and Locust Street in Philadelphia, built in 1906 as a single-family residence. It was later converted into separate apartment units.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of the work of Philadelphia architect Horace Trumbauer, and that it is linked to John C. Bell and John C. Bell, Jr., both prominent Pennsylvania legal and political figures. Its bold, restrained street facade is described as a landmark within the neighborhood and a compositional gateway on Locust Street.","narrative":"Built in 1906 on the northeast corner of 22nd and Locust Streets in Philadelphia, this three-and-a-half-story Neo-Georgian townhouse was designed by Horace Trumbauer. It is laid in Flemish bond brick with black headers and white marble trim, and its 22nd Street facade is divided into three bays, with a marble-framed entry bay topped by a fanlight. Interior features include oak strip flooring, painted paneling, a spiral staircase and marble fireplaces. The house was built for John C. Bell, who later served as district attorney of Philadelphia County, and it was associated with his son, John C. Bell, Jr., who became lieutenant governor, governor and chief justice of Pennsylvania. The nomination regards it as an unusually plain, masculine Trumbauer design whose bold street presence makes it a neighborhood landmark alongside its corner neighbor. The house was sold in 1944 and converted into apartments, with alterations limited largely to interior partitions.","period_of_significance":"1906","architect_builder":"Horace Trumbauer (architect)","architectural_style":"Neo-Georgian","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Converted to apartments in the 1940s; a firetower was added in the 1940s in matching flemish bond brick.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.869941-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82003807.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003807/6d8208af4d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003807/6d8208af4d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:229_S_22nd_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:229_S_22nd_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997340","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Bell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6224288"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/bell-john-c-house-82003807/"}