Volta Bureau | |
 Volta Bureau in 2008 | |
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| Location | 3414 Volta Pl., NW Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′34″N 77°4′9″W / 38.90944°N 77.06917°W |
| Built | (1885) 1893 |
| Architect | Peabody and Stearns |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001436 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1972[1] |
| Designated NHL | November 28, 1972[2] |
| Designated DCIHS | June 19, 1973 |
The Volta Laboratory (also known as the Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory, the Bell Carriage House and the Bell Laboratory) and the Volta Bureau were created in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., by Alexander Graham Bell.[3]
The Volta Laboratory was founded in 1880–1881 with Charles Sumner Tainter and Bell's cousin, Chichester Bell,[4] for the research and development of telecommunication, phonograph and other technologies.
Using funds generated by the Volta Laboratory, Bell later founded the Volta Bureau in 1887 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf", and merged with the American Association for the Promotion and Teaching of Speech to the Deaf (AAPTSD) in 1908.[5] It was renamed as the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf in 1956 and then the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in 1999.[6]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Volta Bureau". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
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- ^ "AGBell". Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing website. Retrieved on April 3, 2010.