Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building

The Volta Laboratory and the Volta Bureau were created in Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., by Alexander Graham Bell. The Volta Laboratory was founded in 1880–1881 with Charles Sumner Tainter and Bell's cousin, Chichester Bell, for the research and development of telecommunication, phonograph and other technologies.

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Type: Historic building
Description: U.S. National Historic Landmark research laboratory
Also known as: “Alexander Graham Bell Lab”, “Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory”, “Volta Bureau”, “Volta Laboratory”, and “Volta Laboratory and Bureau”
Address: 1537 35th St NW, Washington, DC 20007

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Georgetown University and Dumbarton Oaks Estate.

Georgetown University

University

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Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C, and the nation's first federally chartered university. Georgetown University is situated 1,600 feet west of Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building.

Dumbarton Oaks Estate

Museum

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Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. Dumbarton Oaks Estate is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building.

Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Church

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Holy Trinity Catholic Church is a Catholic church run by the Jesuit order that is located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. Holy Trinity Catholic Church is situated 1,000 feet south of Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burleith and Georgetown.

Burleith

Neighborhood

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Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.

Georgetown

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Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.

Glover Park

Suburb

Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.

Glover Park is a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the United States Naval Observatory and Number One Observatory Circle.

Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building

Categories: laboratory, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.90988° or 38° 54′ 36″ north

Longitude

-77.0688° or 77° 4′ 8″ west

Elevation

151 feet (46 metres)

Inception

1893

Open location code

87C4WW5J+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 66347786

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

GeoNames ID

4140895

Wikidata ID

Q7940714

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building” goes by many names.

Arabic: “مختبر ومكتب فولتا”
French: “Volta Laboratory and Bureau”
Japanese: “ボルタ研究所”
Spanish: “Laboratorio de Alexander Graham Bell”
Spanish: “Laboratorio de Bell”
Spanish: “Laboratorio Volta”

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