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| Location | 1 Arlington Street, Somerville, Massachusetts 02145 |
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| Coordinates | 42°23′9″N 71°4′55″W / 42.38583°N 71.08194°W |
| Built | 1858 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| MPS | Somerville MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001228[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1989 |
The Charles Williams Jr. House, built in 1858, is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. Charles Williams Jr. was a manufacturer of electrical telegraph instruments at 109 Court Street in Boston. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson experimented with the telephone in Williams' shop, and it was there that they first heard indistinct sounds transmitted on June 2, 1875. The first permanent residential telephone service in the world was installed at this house in 1877, connecting Williams' home with his shop on Court Street in Boston.[2] Williams had telephone Numbers 1 and 2 of the Bell Telephone Company.
