8871 Norwood Avenue (also known as  100 Bells Mill Road)

 

(photograph from Chestnut Hill Historical Society-John Naylor Collection: 1970.60)

 

MAP NUMBER: 58
DATE: 1860-1861
ORIGINAL OWNER: Richard C. McMurtrie
ARCHITECT: Unknown
CONTRACTOR: Unknown

Called “Homestable” and “Low Hill,” this house is little altered
since it was built.  E. Nelson Edwards, architect, designed alterations
in 1946.  Originally the address of the home was 100 E. Bells Mill Road.
However, the frontage on Bells Mill Road  was sold in the 1970s,
and a  modern house was erected there.  At that time, the  house
pictured was changed to the Norwood Avenue address.  E. Nelson
Edwards, architect, designed alterations in 1946.