About Bell Enterprises
Bell Enterprises began in 1971 as an import/ export firm based on the island of Majorca
Spain, importing tribal handicrafts from remote parts of the world for sale to collectors
and retailers in France, Spain, England, and the Netherlands. In 1973 our base of opera-
tions was moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands and the development of rural farm houses
in Southwest France was begun.
The owner and founder, Kenneth J. Bell, returned to the New Orleans area where he has
attended Tulane University. In 1978 after ten years of residence overseas he began Ken-
neth J. Bell Enterprises as a one man operation using some of the skills acquired from his
renovations in France to repair and renovate buildings in the New Orleans Vieux Carre or
old square, better known as The French Quarter.
Mr. Bell's career as a hands-on renovator, performing work in numerous trades personally,
began as he assembled a network of old world craftsmen whose skills in the vanishing
trades of carpentry, masonry, stucco, genuine plaster, stone and tile setting have set Bell
Enterprises apart from a run-of-the-mill construction company.
Bell Enterprises began in 1971 as an import/ export firm based on the island of Majorca
Spain, importing tribal handicrafts from remote parts of the world for sale to collectors
and retailers in France, Spain, England, and the Netherlands. In 1973 our base of opera-
tions was moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands and the development of rural farm houses
in Southwest France was begun.
The owner and founder, Kenneth J. Bell, returned to the New Orleans area where he has
attended Tulane University. In 1978 after ten years of residence overseas he began Ken-
neth J. Bell Enterprises as a one man operation using some of the skills acquired from his
renovations in France to repair and renovate buildings in the New Orleans Vieux Carre or
old square, better known as The French Quarter.
Mr. Bell's career as a hands-on renovator, performing work in numerous trades personally,
began as he assembled a network of old world craftsmen whose skills in the vanishing
trades of carpentry, masonry, stucco, genuine plaster, stone and tile setting have set Bell
Enterprises apart from a run-of-the-mill construction company.