Birthplace of the Telephone
Here on June 2, 1875,
Alexander Graham Bell and
Thomas A. Watson
first transmitted sound over wires.
This successful experiment was completed in a fifth floor garret at what was then 109 Court Street and marked the beginning of world-wide telephone service.
On back of monument:
Birthplace
of the
First Telephone
Marker is on Cambridge Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
