The bell memorial, also known as the bell monument and telephone monument, is a memorial designed by walter seymour allward to commemorate the invention of the telephone by alexander graham bell at the bell homestead national historic site, in brantford, ontario, canada.
In 1906, the citizens of the brantford and brant county areas formed the bell telephone memorial association, which commissioned the memorial. By 1908, the association’s designs committee asked sculptors on two continents to submit proposals for the memorial. The submission by canadian sculptor walter seymour allward of toronto won the competition. The memorial was originally scheduled for completion by 1912 but allward, aided by his studio assistant emanuel hahn did not finish it until five years later. The governor general of canada, victor cavendish, 9th duke of devonshire, unveiled the memorial on 24 october 1917.
