Résumé

Draftsman, Frederick Heath, Architect, Tacoma, WA, 1906-1908, 1910-1912.

Draftsman/Designer, Heath and Twichell, Architects, Tacoma, WA, 1908-1910.

Draftsman/Designer, Heath and Gove, Architects, Tacoma, WA, 1912-06/1914. Herbert Bell's World War I draft registration card listed him as working on 09/12/1918 for "Heath and Gove, Architects." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: Washington; Registration County: Pierce Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 05/02/2024.)

Partner, Heath, Gove and Bell, Architects, Tacoma, WA, 1914-1953. Bell was made a partner in 1914, as a Tacoma Daily Ledger article reported on 06/07/1914, p. 21, although the firm name did not officially change until 1919, according to Tacoma architect and historian, Jeffrey Ryan. In 1942, Heath, Gove and Bell, Architect had its office in Room #1522 of the Puget Sound Bank Building in Tacoma. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 14, accessed 05/02/2024.)

The firm operated under the name "Heath, Gove and Bell" until the death of Frederick Heath on 03/02/1953.

Relocation

On 09/12/1918, Bell dwelled at 225 South G Street in Tacoma, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: Washington; Registration County: Pierce Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 05/02/2024.)

In 1942, Bell resided at 215 South G Street in Tacoma, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 14, accessed 05/02/2024.)

Bell died at age 67 in Tacoma, WA.

Parents

His father was John M. Bell, his mother, Julia Winslow.

Biographical Notes

Bell's World II draft registration card listed the architect as Caucasian with a light complexion, blue eyes and gray hair, He stood 5-feet, 8-inches tall and weighed 150 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 14, accessed 05/02/2024.)