3417 Volta Pl NW
Washington, DC
Alexander Graham Bell (b. March 3, 1847; d. August 2, 1922) is best known for inventing the telephone in 1876 and founding the Bell Telephone Company. However, he spent over half a century exploring everything from artificial respiration and hydrofoils to airplanes and sheep breeding. Bell is also credited with inventing the photo phone, a building block of fiber-optic communications and lasers, and the audiometer, which is used to identify minor hearing problems. The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is currently headquartered at 3417 Volta Place NW, a building originally constructed by Bell in 1893 as The Volta Laboratory for telecommunication.
Resources
- Residence information sourced from WomensHealth.gov (http://womenshealth.gov/health-topics/a-z-topic/details.cfm?oid=2062) and Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volta_Laboratory_and_Bureau)
- Biographical information sourced from About.com (http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone2.htm)
- Photo courtesy of Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell)