| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1876/00/00 | Thomas Edison | Inventor | Edison establishes a laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. As the world's first organized research and development site, Edison and his staff will create 400 of his most important inventions here. Edison fondly nicknames it 'Invention Factory'. | |||
| 1877/11/00 | Thomas Edison | Inventor | Menlo Park is the Birthplace of Recorded Sound. | |||
| 1879/10/00 | Thomas Edison | Inventor | Edison invents the first practical incandescent lamp-light bulb. | |||
| 1880/01/27 | Thomas Edison | Inventor | Thomas Edison receives a patent for an incandescent lamp, soon to be a commercially viable electric light bulb. | Invention of Public Electricity Supply | ||
| 1880/12/17 | Edison Illuminating Company | Established | Thomas Edison establishes the Edison Illuminating Company to build electrical generating stations. | |||
| 1926/00/00 | By 1926 most of the original Menlo Park buildings have either collapsed or burned. The only two remaining buildings will be moved to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. | |||||
| 1938/02/11 | Massena and DuPont | Architect | Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower is dedicated. |
| Particulars for Thomas A Edison Memorial Tower: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Architectural Style | Art Deco |
| Criteria Consideration | Commemorative property |
| Historic Use | Monument |
| Museum Type | Museum |
| Historic Use | Park |
| Owner | State |
| Sight Category | Structure |
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