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His home, completed in 1886 and later dubbed "Seminole Lodge", served as a winter retreat and place of relaxation until Edison's death in 1931. [4] Edison's good friend, Henry Ford, purchased the adjoining property, "The Mangoes" from Robert Smith of New York in 1916. Ford's craftsman style bungalow was built in 1911 by Smith.
On September 5, 1962, the 21-acre (85,000 m 2) site containing the home and the laboratory were designated the Edison National Historic Site. [2] On March 30, 2009, it was renamed Thomas Edison National Historical Park, adding "Thomas" to the title in hopes to relieve confusion between the Edison sites in West Orange and Edison, New Jersey ...
Was the summer house of William Rockefeller Jr. ... Thomas Edison moved in 1885 ... New York City: Today, home to the Jewish Museum
Tonawanda is a city in Erie County, New York, United States.The population was 15,129 at the 2020 census. It is at the northern edge of Erie County, south across the Erie Canal (Tonawanda Creek) from North Tonawanda, east of Grand Island, and north of Buffalo.
Sheridan Parkside Elementary School (169 Sheridan Parkside Dr, Tonawanda, NY 14150) Built in 1955, closed in June 1982 now owned by Town of Tonawanda and operates as a Community Center, Head Start, Home of the Towne Players Theater Co, Meals on Wheels, the Erie Count Labor Board and Work Readiness Skills, and the Town of Tonawanda Historical ...
Llewellyn Park is a historic gated community and census-designated place (CDP) [4] located within West Orange in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Llewellyn Park is thought to be the country's first planned residential community, and the site of the first large-scale naturalization of crocus, narcissus, and jonquils.
Tonawanda (town), New York, officially Town of Tonawanda in Erie County north of Buffalo, New York; North Tonawanda, New York, a city in Niagara County, north across Tonawanda Creek from the City and Town; Tonawanda Armory, listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Tonawanda Band of Seneca, federally recognized tribe in New York state ...
Miller brought the cottage from Akron, Ohio, and erected it at Chautauqua in 1875, where he entertained US President Ulysses S. Grant that summer. [4] [5] Mina Miller Edison, Miller's daughter, spent summers at the cottage with her husband, inventor Thomas Alva Edison. [5] She renovated the cottage in 1922. [6]