The Bell House, erected in 1745, became in 1749 the schoolhouse of the Moravian Female Seminary, one of the oldest girls’ schools in America. Today, the Bell House is divided into apartments administered by the Bethlehem Area Moravians.
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Bell House, circa 1915. No. A.10936 Published by the American News Company, New York, Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden. Caption: “First Ladies Seminary, built 1749, Bethlehem, PA.” (MC Archives Photo Coll. Ph2005.1.12)