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Edison National Historic Site

Thomas Edison National Historical Park preserves Thomas Edison's laboratory and residence, Glenmont, in , United States. These were designed, in 1887, by architect Henry Hudson Holly.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: national Historical Park of the United States
  • Also known as: “EDIS”, “Edison State Park”, “Thomas Edison Memorial Park”, and “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum and JFK Medical Center.

Museum
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The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park features the Menlo Park Museum and Edison Memorial Tower as a memorial to inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison, located in the section of , , .

Hospital
John F. Kennedy University Medical Center, an affiliate of Hackensack Meridian Health, is a 499-bed full-service, acute care hospital, and the home of the JFK Johnson Rehabilitative Institute.

Railway station
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is an intermodal transportation hub in the of , . Owned and operated by NJ Transit, the station services trains on the agency's Northeast Corridor Line along with several Amtrak services, including the Acela, Crescent, Keystone Service, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, and Vermonter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Menlo Park and Robinvale.

Neighborhood
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is an unincorporated community within in , in the U.S. state of . In 1876, Thomas Edison set up his home and research laboratory in , at the time an unsuccessful real estate development named after the town of .

Neighborhood
Metuchen is a suburban borough in in the U.S. state of . The borough is a commuter town of , located in the heart of the within the New York Metropolitan area.

Suburb
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within , in , in the U.S. state of .

Edison National Historic Site

Latitude
40.56155° or 40° 33′ 42″ north
Longitude
-74.34034° or 74° 20′ 25″ west
Elevation
295 feet (90 metres)
Open location code
87G7HM65+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 427497493
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
5097536
Wiki­data ID
Q7789244
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Edison National Historic Site” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
  • Arabic: “متنزه توماس إديسون التاريخي الوطني”
  • Aragonese: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
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  • Belarusian: “нацыянальны гістарычны парк Томаса Эдысана”
  • Breton: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
  • Catalan: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
  • Cebuano: “Edison National Historic Site”
  • Chinese: “托马斯·爱迪生國家歷史公園”
  • Chinese: “湯瑪斯·愛迪生國家歷史公園”
  • Corsican: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
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  • Ido: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
  • Indonesian: “Taman Sejarah Nasional Thomas Edison”
  • Indonesian: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
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  • Irish: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
  • Italian: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
  • Japanese: “トーマス・エジソン国立歴史公園”
  • Japanese: “トーマス・エジソン国立記念公園”
  • Kongo: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
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  • Occitan (post 1500): “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
  • Persian: “پارک ملی تاریخی توماس ادیسون”
  • Picard: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
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  • Welsh: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
  • Wolof: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”
  • Zulu: “Thomas Edison National Historical Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Menlo Park and Menlo Park Terrace.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bridge 24.08 and Edison Fire Co. No. 1 - Menlo Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Edison National Historic Site”. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.