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The History of Southwest Center City Philadelphia

The story of Southwest Center City Philadelphia and the city around it.

Southwest Center City Philadelphia is part of Southwest Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — a community with its own local history shaped by the people, industry, and landmarks around it.

Bell Homestead National Historic Site

Alexander Graham Bell made the world's first long-distance telephone call from his father's homestead in Tutela Heights, just minutes from West Brant. The Bell Homestead National Historic Site preserves the farmhouse and coach house where Bell conducted his early telephone experiments in the 1870s. Open seasonally for tours.