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Llewellyn Park · West Orange, New Jersey · 1886–1931

Thomas Edison reading on the lawn at Glenmont

His lab was down the hill. His thinking chair was at home.

Thomas Edison — Llewellyn Park · West Orange, New Jersey
Photo: Photographer not credited · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source

Thomas Edison bought Glenmont, a 29-room house in Llewellyn Park, in 1886 as a wedding present for his second wife, Mina.

His laboratory complex in West Orange was a short drive away, but he kept a library and a 'thinking room' at home, and the family lived here until his death in 1931.

Mina stayed until 1947. The house and lab are now Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

Timeline

  1. 1886
    Edison buys Glenmont.
  2. 1931
    Edison dies at the house.
  3. 1955
    Glenmont becomes a national historic site.

The inventor of the light bulb still wanted a lawn to read on.

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