Thomas Edison National Historical Park
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Thomas Edison National Historical Park
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Thomas Edison's home Glenmont
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| Location: | 37 Honeysuckle Ave, West Orange, New Jersey 07052 |
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| Coordinates: | 40°47′13″N 74°14′16″W / 40.78694°N 74.23778°WCoordinates: 40°47′13″N 74°14′16″W / 40.78694°N 74.23778°W |
| Area: | 21.25 acres (0.08 km2)[2] |
| Built: | 1887 |
| Architect: | Holly,H. Hudson |
| Architectural style: | Late Victorian, Queen Anne |
| Visitation: | 11,663 (2003) |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000052[1] |
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| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHS: | September 5, 1962 |
| Designated NHP: | March 30, 2009 |
Thomas Edison National Historical Park preserves Thomas Edison's laboratory and residence, Glenmont, in Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey. For more than forty years, the laboratory had a major impact on the lives of people worldwide. Out of the West Orange laboratories came the motion picture camera, improved phonographs, sound recordings, silent and sound movies and the nickel-iron alkaline electric storage battery.
The history of how the site became a National Historic Park is complicated. Edison's home was designated as the Edison Home National Historic Site on December 6, 1955. The laboratory was designated as Edison Laboratory National Monument on July 14, 1956. On September 5, 1962, the 21-acre (85,000 m2) site containing the home and the laboratory were designated the Edison National Historic Site and overseen by the National Park Service.[2] On March 30, 2009 it was renamed Thomas Edison National Historical Park, adding "Thomas" to the title hopes to relieve confusion between the Edison sites in West Orange, NJ and Edison, NJ.[3] Following extensive renovations of the laboratory complex, there was a grand reopening on October 10, 2009.
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[edit] In popular culture
In 2002, the group They Might Be Giants released a song called "The Edison Museum" about this site.
[edit] See also
- Edison's Black Maria
- Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey
- Edison Storage Battery Company Building
- List of museums in New Jersey
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Edison Park Management". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/edis/parkmgmt/index.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "ACT COMMEMORATING THE LITE, OR LIFETIME INNOVATIONS OF THOMAS EDISON". Congressional Record. February 28, 2006. http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r109:FLD001:H50395. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
[edit] External links
- Stained glass restoration National Park Service
- Edison National Historic Site
- Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, NJ: 31 photos, 13 drawings, 12 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey. Note numerous other HABS photo sets available for outbuildings and Edison's laboratories, also (Search HABS here).
- The Invention Factory: Thomas Edison's Laboratories, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan
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- Historic districts in New Jersey
- Thomas Edison
- Historic house museums in New Jersey
- West Orange, New Jersey
- Protected areas established in 1962
- Museums in Essex County, New Jersey
- Biographical museums in New Jersey
- Technology museums in New Jersey
- Industry museums in New Jersey
- National Historical Parks in New Jersey
- Houses in Essex County, New Jersey
- Science museums in New Jersey
- Parks in Essex County, New Jersey
