Early Telephone 1877

The plaque, 'Early Telephone,' occupies the front wall at 11 D'Arcy Street west of Drummond Street West in Perth, Ontario.

EARLY TELEPHONE
1877
ALEXANDER MELVILLE BELL,
FATHER OF THE INVENTOR
OF THE TELEPHONE,
VISITED HERE FREQUENTLY
AND SUPPLIED THE PRIMITIVE PHONES
WHICH LINKED THIS, DR. J. F. KENNEDY'S
HOME WITH HIS DENTAL OFFICE ON
FOSTER ST. IT WAS MRS. KENNEDY'S
FATHER, REV. THOMAS PHILIP HENDERSON,
BAPTIST MINISTER IN PERTH,
1862 - '65 WHO PERSUADED
THE BELL FAMILY TO COME TO CANADA
FROM SCOTLAND IN 1870.

ERECTED 1967 BY COLIN S. FARMER.