The Glenmont Greenhouse
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2008-08-17
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This greenhouse, built in 1909 to replace a smaller one, supplied the Edison household with potted plants and cut flowers year-round. The two-story potting shed, made of Edison Portland Cement, provided work space on the first floor and gardener�s quarters on the second floor. Under Mina Edison�s direction, the head gardener and his assistants maintained the flower gardens, a vegetable garden, and the estate�s 13 1?2 acres of landscaped grounds. Although the garden and livestock provided some food for the Edisons, local grocers supplied most of the daily provisions, while merchants and restaurateurs from New York City furnished the delicacies for formal dinners.
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Thomas Edison's Cars, Glenmont, Glenmont Estate, Thomas Edison Estate, Thomas Edison, Llewellyn Park, Private Gated Community, West Orange, Essex County, Thomas Edison National Historical Park, National Park Service, NPS, U.S. Historic district, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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