This weekend is one of the few free days you can get access to some national parks, so Adrienne and I headed over to the one closest to us – the Thomas Edison National Historic Park. Thomas Edison called West Orange, NJ home, just a town over from us. A museum is there along with remnants of his industrial complex, which once employed 10,000 workers. And just up the block, in America’s first planned community, is his home and estate. Tonight an authentic ragtime orchestra played an outdoor concert on the grounds, so we went and checked it out.
And just down the street is a place where some say you can get the best pizza in New Jersey. David had been wanting to check it out, and this was the perfect opportunity. Pizza was good, classic tavern pizza. All in all, a nice night.
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Responses to “Saturday Night”
June 6th, 2010 at 7:57 am
Yes, that was Edison’s home. He bought it as a wedding present for his second wife, for what was considered a good deal of $125,000 – the guy selling it had embezzled money to purchase it, and had to get rid of it quick before going to prison.
We got there too late to spend time at the Laboratory, so we’ll be going back – maybe on another of the free park days. So plan a visit around one of those! 🙂
The house wasn’t open, but we did sit in our chairs and take the cell phone tour. You can also listen to the tour on your computer on this page:
http://www.nps.gov/edis/planyourvisit/guide-by.htm
June 6th, 2010 at 4:41 am
Wow. Neat. I would like to see that place. Is that building Edison’s home???