Bell, Mary E., House (Additional Documentation)

66 Railroad Ave., Center Moriches, New York. County/parish: Suffolk.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 13, 2020. NRIS 100005831.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Selah and Mary Ann Smith House

From Wikipedia:

Mary E. Bell House

The Mary E. Bell House is a historic house at 66 Railroad Avenue approximately 1/10th mile south of the Long Island rail road in Center Moriches, Long Island, New York. Built in 1872 by Selah Smith of Huntington who purchased the land, it is significant in the area of ethnic history for the Smith and Bell families and the African-American AME Zion community of Center Moriches during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. It is under the stewardship of Ketcham Inn Foundation.

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