National and State Register

Bell Mercantile

Routt County

Constructed in 1910 by the Bell brothers, Samuel and Edward, on a portion of their ranch property, the two-story wood frame building has housed a company store, a bank, and a doctor’s office in its first floor retail space.

A black and white photo of the store with white walls, ornately decorated on the left and a long awning on the right.

Bell Mercantile (1989 photograph.)

The second floor served as a small hotel/boarding house.  The Bell Mercantile remains a mainstay business in Oak Creek and continues to stock general merchandise. 

National Register

Address

101-111 Moffat Ave., Oak Creek

Site Number

5RT.364