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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7RO_greenhouse-and-barn_West-Orange-NJ.html
This greenhouse, built in 1909 to replace a smaller one, supplied the Edison household with potted plants and cut flowers year-round. The two-story potting shed, made of Edison Portland Cement, provided work space on the first floor and gardener's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7RN_llewellyn-park_West-Orange-NJ.html
In 1853 New York merchant Llewellyn S. Haskell hired architect Alexander Jackson Davis to transform an old farmhouse on the eastern slope of Orange Mountain. Impressed with the scenic vistas, Haskell purchased more land and created Llewellyn Park …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7R4_edisons-home-glenmont_West-Orange-NJ.html
In 1886 Thomas Edison bought Glenmont as a gift for his bride, Mina Miller. After moving in, Edison said that the 23-room Victorian mansion was "a great deal too nice for me, but it isn't half nice enough for my little wife."
The Edisons and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66Q_glenmont_West-Orange-NJ.html
Home ofThomas Alva Edisonfrom 1886 to his deathon October 18, 1931.Here three childrenwere born to him andhis wife, Mina.The Library over theentranceway was his"Thought Laboratory"for many ideas whichlater took shape atthe Edison Laboratoryin the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5DO_tory-corner_West-Orange-NJ.html
Here in the 1770's in this area called Williamstown lived brothers Nathaniel and Benjamin Williams, prosperous farmers and operators of a saw and grist mill. As the Revolution approached, their Loyalist views attracted people of similar sentiments…