Volta Bureau

Volta Bureau

Infobox_nrhp | name =Volta Bureau
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= 3414 Volta Pl., NW., Washington, D.C.
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 54
lat_seconds = 34
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 4
long_seconds = 9
long_direction = W
locmapin = District of Columbia
area =
built =1885
architect= Peabody and Stearns
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= November 28, 1972cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1292&ResourceType=Building
title=Volta Bureau |accessdate=2008-05-10|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 28, 1972cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=72001436

Volta Bureau, also known as the Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory, the Bell Carriage House, Bell Laboratory or Volta Laboratory, is in NW area of Washington, D.C..

It was founded in 1887 by Alexander Graham Bell "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the Deaf"; merged with the American Association for the Promotion and Teaching of Speech to the Deaf in 1908, and operates today as the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/72001436.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Volta Bureau] |32 KB|date=Undated |author=Unsigned |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/72001436.pdf "Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1972"] |32 KB]

It is a "neoclassic yellow brick and sandstone building" built in 1893.cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/dc14.htm
title=Volta Laboratory & Bureau |accessdate=2008-05-10|work=Washington D.C. National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary listing |publisher=National Park Service]

It is located at 3417 Volta Place NW, or alternatively 1537 35th St. NW, in Washington, D.C.

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/dc14.htm Volta Laboratory & Bureau] , NRHP 'travel itinerary' listing at the National Park Service
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0005 Volta Bureau, 1537 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC: 12 photos, 14 data pages and supplemental material] , at Historic American Building Survey


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