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Bell Tower Building

Coordinates: 39°39′09.65″N 78°45′47.06″W / 39.6526806°N 78.7630722°W / 39.6526806; -78.7630722
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Bell Tower Building
Bell Tower Building is located in Maryland
Bell Tower Building
Bell Tower Building is located in the United States
Bell Tower Building
LocationBedford and Liberty Sts., Cumberland, Maryland
Coordinates39°39′09.65″N 78°45′47.06″W / 39.6526806°N 78.7630722°W / 39.6526806; -78.7630722
Built1887
NRHP reference No.73000881[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 1973

Bell Tower Building, or the Allegany County League for Crippled Children building, is a historic building in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. It was built in 1887 and is a two-story brick structure topped by a small wooden tower with an open belfry. This was the first separate building to be used as police headquarters and jail in Cumberland.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Helen E. Hinkle and Hazel G. Hansrote (March 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bell Tower Building" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
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