The bus waiting station on the southwest corner of the intersection of East Bell Road and North Lake Drive is one of four on Lake Drive in Fox Point. It is located along a major thoroughfare by which residents and visitors come to Fox Point, offering close proximity to the village’s civic center. It is also close to a small area of commercial buildings which were designed to harmonize well with the adjacent residential community. It is situated on one of the 45 green spaces owned and maintained by the Village of Fox Point.

The Bell Road bus station was built in 1940 along with one at Bradley Road at the direction of the Fox Point Park Commission at the cost of $250 each. It was selected for landmark designation for its uniqueness, and for the fact that preserving history includes preserving the essential marks of community character.

The Bell Station, as well as the other three shelters in Fox Point, were an amenity for the use of both the general public and community residents. The three other stations are: on the southwest corner of Lake Drive at Green Tree (1937); on the southwest corner of Lake Drive at Bradley Road (1940); and on the southeast corner of Lake Drive at Dean Road (1963). They were built to “blend in” with a green, residential community, one that was described in the early 1920s in a Calumet Land Company advertisement as “one large, beautiful park.”

When repairs needed to be made, Fox Point Village officials chose to use a more expensive re-roofing method in order to preserve the quality and character of the shelter, thus honoring these “monuments” as “living” representatives of the quality and character of the community, not a façade or shell easily replaced for usability.