Blake A. Bell
My blogs
- Historic Pelham
- Patriots 2000
- Pelham Twins
- Pelham Dodgers
- Pelham Blue 9u Travel Baseball Team
- Patriots 2001
- Pelham Nationals
- PRIDE
- Pelham Travel Softball - Girls 10u
- Pelham Travel 12u Baseball Team Web Site
- Pelham Pirates
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Location | Mooresville, North Carolina, United States |
| Introduction | Blake Bell was Town Historian of Pelham, NY (2005 through 2020) after serving as Deputy Town Historian. He served 3 years as Town Clerk and 8 years on Town Council. He was a member of the Boards of the Westchester County Historical Society (including Executive Committee) & Society of the National Shrine of the Bill of Rights at Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site (including as Chair), the Pelham Preservation & Garden Society and was publisher of the award-winning HistoricPelham.com Web site (now archived). He wrote 3 books on Pelham history: The Haunted History of Pelham, New York (SUNY Press Excelsior Editions, 2022); Thomas Pell and the Legend of the Pell Treaty Oak (iUniverse 2004); and Town of Pelham’s 350th Anniversary Celebration: Historian Blake Bell’s Articles Published in The Pelham Weekly (2006). He is author of about 80 Pelham history articles published in journals, magazines & newspapers and is a frequent speaker on Pelham history. He retired at the end of 2020 after 30 years with 1,000-lawyer Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York City. He began his career with Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City in 1983. |
| Interests | History of Pelham, Battle of Pelham, Pell’s Point, Pelhamville, Pelham Manor, Delancey Kane, Travers Island, Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Pell, Treaty Oak, Bartow-Pell, City Island, North Pelham, Pelham Heights, Pelhamwood, Chester Park, Bolton Priory, Bolton Priory School, Hazen's School, Taft School, Huguenot Memorial Church, Christ Church, Hunter's Island, John Hunter, Pelham Country Club, Pelham Athletic Club, Pelhamdale, Kemble, Joshua Pell, Siwanoy, Lenape, John Pell, Rachel Pell, Philip Pell, Col. John Glover, Toonerville Trolley, St. Paul's Church, Split Rock, Old Boston Post Road |