Menlo Park Library
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This building was built in late 1878 as Edison's work on electric lighting expanded. The first floor provided office space for accounting, bookkeeping, and patent applications; upstairs was a superbly stocked technical library. The building also played another key role: as a reception area for journalists and other visitors it provided a disarming first impression of Edison's success and ambition.
This building was built in late 1878 as Edison's work on electric lighting expanded. The first floor provided office space for accounting, bookkeeping, and patent applications; upstairs was a superbly stocked technical library. The building also played another key role: as a reception area for journalists and other visitors it provided a disarming first impression of Edison's success and ambition.
Artifact
Library (Building)
Date Made
1929
Subject Date
circa 1879
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, circa 1879, Menlo Park Library.
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Edison at Work District
Object ID
29.3048.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Brick (Clay material)
Wood (Plant material)
Glass (Material)
Metal
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