Alexander Bell (1801–1871) was a Los Angeles merchant both before and after that city became a part of the United States. He was elected to the first Los Angeles Common Council , the city's governing body, on July 1, 1850, but resigned on September 26 of that year.
11-758: Alexander , Alex or Lex Bell may refer to: People [ edit ] Alexander Bell (California merchant) (1801–1871), member of the Los Angeles Common Council Alexander Montgomerie Bell (1806–1866), Scottish writer on law Alexander Melville Bell (1819–1905), Scottish-American philologist, researcher, teacher, and father of Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), Scottish-Canadian scientist, engineer, teacher and inventor Alexander Bell (Victorian politician) (1850–1931), Australian politician Alexander Dunlop Bell (1873–1937), Chairman of
22-519: A brick block. As his available finances would not justify so expensive an undertaking, he finally put up a brick facing around the adobe walls of his block and made other improvements costing approximately US$ 12,000 or $ 15,000. It was demolished in December 1892 to make room for the foundations of a new brick block covering the former site and extending forty or fifty feet, or more, westward to the new line of Los Angeles street. The two-story portion of
33-641: A character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks See also [ edit ] Alexander Bell Patterson (1911–1993), Canadian MP [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Bell&oldid=1156086136 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
44-474: A number of years, this corner was occupied as a butcher shop by the Sentous Bros. In the latter part of Bell's life, he sold portions of the south end of his lot to Mr. Heinsch, and perhaps others. As the portion of the block which he retained came to need repairs, and as the much of improvement seemed to demand a better building, he was in doubt whether or not he would tear down the adobe and replace it with
55-473: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alexander Bell (California merchant) Bell was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania , on January 9, 1801, and in 1823 he emigrated to Mexico , where he lived until he came to Los Angeles in 1842. Two years later, he married Maria de las Nieves Guirado Botello. Bell took an active part in
66-719: The Californians ' revolution against Manuel Micheltorena in 1844. He was also a captain in the California Battalion during the Mexican–American War . In 1845, he built the Bell Block on the southeast corner of Aliso and Los Angeles streets. It was also known as the Mellus Row and was for many years a notable landmark, where John C. Fremont established his headquarters when he was governor of
77-896: The Shanghai Municipal Council, 1932–1934 Alexander Bell (sportsman) (1915–1956), Argentine born English cricketer and rugby union player Alexander F. Bell (1915–1986), American football player for the Detroit Lions and head college football coach at Villanova University Alex Bell (1882–1934), Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Scotland) Alex Bell (footballer, born 1931) , Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle, Exeter City, Grimsby Town) Alex Bell (athlete) (born 1992), British athlete Lex Bell (Alexander James Douglas Bell, born 1945), Australian politician Sandy Bell (Alexander John Bell, 1906–1985), South African cricketer Characters [ edit ] Alex Bell (Hollyoaks) ,
88-658: The territory in 1847. Bell also built a warehouse in San Pedro . Bell died in Los Angeles, on July 24, 1871. Bell Block (Los Angeles) Bell Block (originally, “Bell’s Row”) was a building in Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California . Situated on the corner of Aliso and Los Angeles streets, it was built in 1845 by Captain Alexander Bell . It was one of the few two-story adobe buildings in
99-600: The then one-story adobe town of Los Angeles. The early archives in the Recorder’s office of Los Angeles county, show that Don Jean-Louis Vignes sold a lot to Bell in 1844, “contiguous to the Zanja (water-ditch) and fronting the house of Senora Teodocia Saiz, which extended 95 varas on the east, 105 on the west 3 Los Angeles street, about 292 feet ;. 80 varas on the north, or about 222 feet on Aliso street, and 88 varas on its south side,” or adjoining Dona Teodocia's place, which
110-454: Was where the “White House” stood. The deed, which is written in the Spanish language (probably by Don Ygnacio Coronel , is acknowledged before “ Manuel Requena , Alcalde I O constitucional: Jues de I 0 instancia, y presidente del Y1. 0 Ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Los Angeles, etc., Abril 1, 1844.” It was witnessed by Casildo Aguilar and Juan Domingo; and a note was appended that the instrument
121-530: Was written on common paper for lack of stamped paper. It was known to be under construction by Bell in 1845. The upper story on the corner and fronting Aliso street was long the residence of Bell, and also, for a considerable period, of Francis Mellus . Of the tenants who occupied the corner store in early times when it was a central and very prominent corner, there were the dry goods merchants, Lazard & Kremer, Lazard & Wolfskill, S. Lazard & Co., Lazard & Meyer , Kalisher & Wartenburg, and later, for
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