Thomas Edison National Historical Park was established to preserve Thomas Edison's laboratory and Glenmont, his residence in West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. Both the lab and the residence were designed by architect Henry Hudson Holly in 1887. The Edison laboratories were used for over 40 years. The park consist of two properties in West Orange: the second Edison Laboratories and Edison's home in Llewelyn Park. The laboratory complex includes the industrial facility Edison built in 1887 to research and work on his inventions. It has over a dozen buildings where Edison did research on electricity, photography, chemistry, metallurgy, motion pictures, chemistry and other disciplines. A private library is located next to the main lab. Edison’s home was designed in Queen Anne style and originally had 23 rooms, gravity-convection central heat, indoor flush toilets, and hot and cold water. The house still has its original furnishings in an Eastlake style interior. Edison added six more rooms, and electrical wiring.
211 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052