Sarah Jordan Boarding House

Summary

The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.

The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.

Artifact

Boardinghouse

Date Made

circa 1870

Creators

Unknown

Place of Creation

United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park 

Creator Notes

House originally constructed in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

Greenfield Village
 On Exhibit

at Greenfield Village in Edison at Work District

Object ID

28.1004.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Wood (Plant material)
Plaster

Color

Yellow (Color)
Brown

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