National Historic Landmark · laboratory · Washington, District of Columbia

Bell, Alexander Graham, Laboratory

U.S. National Historic research laboratory in Washington, District of Columbia. Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 1972
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Georgetown, Washington, DC (31666507267)Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Georgetown, Washington, DC (31666517537)Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Georgetown, Washington, DC (32733718098)Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Georgetown, Washington, DC (32733725408)
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Volta Laboratory and Bureau

The Volta Laboratory and the Volta Bureau were created in Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., by Alexander Graham Bell.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address3414 Volta Pl., NW., Washington, DC
CountyDistrict of Columbia County
ListedNov 28, 1972
Reference number72001436
Type of placelaboratory
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
Address3414 Volta Pl., NW., Washington, DC
Coordinates38.90959, -77.06854 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitTheodore Roosevelt Island · 1 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyRock Creek Park Group Picnic Areas (Dc) 4 mi · Fort Dupont Park Picnic Areas 6 mi · Carderock Recreation Area Pavilion 8 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Explore

Why you would stay

Map

4 nearby listings

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 72001436. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.