Menlo Park Laboratory
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When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew so did the complex, but this building -- dedicated to experimental activities -- was always understood to be the heart of the enterprise.
When Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in spring of 1876 the laboratory building contained his entire operation -- a handful of collaborators, office, library, and machine shop as well as laboratory. As the scale of Edison's investigations grew so did the complex, but this building -- dedicated to experimental activities -- was always understood to be the heart of the enterprise.
Artifact
Laboratory
Date Made
1929
Subject Date
1876-1883
Creators
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Cutler, Edward James, 1882-1961
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Creator Notes
Built in 1929 in Greenfield Village by architect Edward J. Cutler as a reproduction of the original Menlo Park Laboratory. Some structural elements from original complex in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Edison at Work District
Object ID
29.3048.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Glass (Material)
Metal
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