Telegraph House

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Coordinates: 46°06′01″N 60°45′09″W / 46.100149°N 60.752564°W / 46.100149; -60.752564
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The Telegraph House
The Telegraph House Motel.
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General information
Location479 Chebucto Street
Town or cityBaddeck, NS
CountryCanada
Coordinates46°06′01″N 60°45′09″W / 46.100149°N 60.752564°W / 46.100149; -60.752564
Completed1861
ClientDunlop Family

The Telegraph House is a historic hotel located in

Baddeck, Nova Scotia
.

History

The hotel was built in 1861 and soon after housed the office of the first Trans-Oceanic Cable Company.

Baddeck, And That Sort of Thing which was published the following year. Warner described the inn as a "very unhotel-like appearing hotel".[2] Having read Warner's book, Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel Gardiner Hubbard stayed at the Telegraph House on their visit to Baddeck in 1885.[3] After returning to his home in Washington, D.C. Bell wrote to Kate Dunlop, the owner of the Telegraph House, telling them that they wished to acquire a cottage for their return the following year.[4] Dunlop put Bell into contact with Arthur McCurdy (father of John Alexander Douglas McCurdy) who helped Bell purchase a local property.[5] Bell's room has been preserved in the hotel, remaining much the same is it did during his visit.[6]

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References

  1. ^ "Telegraph House and Dunlop Guest House - Our History". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  2. ^ Warner, Charles Dudley (1891). Baddeck, And that Sort of Thing (14 ed.). Boston: houghton, Mifflin and Company. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  3. ISBN 0887807135
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  4. ^ "Biography – McCURDY, ARTHUR WILLIAMS – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  5. ^ "Biography – McCURDY, ARTHUR WILLIAMS – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  6. ^ "Telegraph House and Dunlop Guest House - Our History". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
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