CNHS - The Bell Homestead
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stinger503
N 43° 06.461 W 080° 16.247
17T E 559333 N 4773030
Historic inventor lived here in Brantford
Waymark Code: WMF4YK
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/23/2012
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Description of Historic Place
Bell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada is a suburban property featuring a typical mid-19th-century rural Ontario house influenced by the Picturesque aesthetic. One-and-a-half-storeys in height with a low-pitched gable roof, it features a central door, gable end chimneys, an attractive wooden front porch, a conservatory, and picturesque landscaping. Also on the lot are a wooden carriage house and a grouping of modest structures associated with the operation of the site as a museum. Official recognition refers to the homestead at the time of designation.
Heritage Value
Bell Homestead was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1934 because:
- it is associated with consequential events in Alexander Graham Bell's life, specifically the conception of and early long-distance trials of the telephone;
- it illuminates the formative influence of Bell's parents, who stimulated his interest in working with the deaf - an interest that was fundamental to the development of the telephone;
- it has also attained a symbolic importance as the Canadian site most widely associated with the telephone.
The plaque was unveiled by the Queen on June 28th 1997.
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Ontario
Location - City name/Town name: Brantford
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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