You searched for City|State|Country: , fl us
Page 6 of 8 — Showing results 51 to 60 of 74
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P41_motor-generator_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Motor Generator
The Hertner Electric Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Serial No. 2528
15 hp 220v 30 60 Hz
37A 1750 RMP
400 C Continuous Duty
Throughout the history of Seminole Lodge various equipment was used to supply or produce power. This mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P40_edison-pool-complex_Fort-Myers-FL.html
"Madeleine, Marie, Theodore and the two maids have gone bathing in the hotel pool—so everybody is happy, wrote Mina to family, April 7, 1909.
By the 1911 winter season the family and staff no longer had to travel downtown to the Roya…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3Z_why-this-will-be-the-finest-thing-that-ever-happened-to-lovely-fort-myers_Fort-Myers-FL.html
"Beyond doubt you have the finest place in the country, and if you build a sea wall inside a few years this section will not be large enough to hold the tourists that will be scrambling to get here every winter. Yes, sir, by all means build t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3Y_edison-pier_Fort-Myers-FL.html
The pier was originally called "the wharf." It was used as a working area to off-load boats carrying materials and contents for the homes and laboratory, beginning in November 1885. After the Estate buildings were complete, the pier's in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3X_edison-guest-house_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Entry in Seminole Lodge Guest Book
—Harrie Monkhouse Guest
March 21-April 3, 1916
Have you ever dreamed a dream of Heaven?
Where the Garden of Eden Grows?
Well, come down with me to the Florida Coast
Where the Caloosahatchee flows
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3W_fire-control-in-edisons-time-and-today_Fort-Myers-FL.html
In 1909, a major project was undertaken to install a fire control system at the Edison estate. Water for the system was supplied from a well on the east side of the property (across McGregor Boulevard) and directed to three large tanks located on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3V_the-moonlight-garden_Fort-Myers-FL.html
The Moonlight Garden was designed in 1928 by Ellen Biddle Shipman, one of the first female's landscape architects in America. She specialized in enclosed gardens, full of drift beds where flowers of beauty bloomed in cycles throughout the year. Sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3U_edisons-study-and-moonlight-garden-1928_Fort-Myers-FL.html
In his initial plans for the property, Edison included a laboratory for his Florida estate. Through he anticipated leisure time, he also needed a place to pursue inventing. Of the many experiments he worked on in this laboratory, one focused on a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3T_edison-caretakers-yard_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Edison created a large domestic support area for the Estate on the east side of McGregor Boulevard. Storage buildings, equipment, a truck garden, and even a horse were located there. One the west side, retaining and expanding the Caretaker's House…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3S_edison-caretakers-house_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Some of the Seminole Lodge Staff
Queenie Adams
J.F. Anderson
Mr. Bassler
Mr. & Mrs. Black
Ellen Carr
Michael & Tina Doyle
James Evans
Harvie Heitman
William Hibble
Henry Horsey
Noah Keen
George Kinze
Fred Ott
Sidney Scarth
Edgar & M…