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The Edison and Ford Winter Estates contain a historical museum and 21 acre (8.5 ha) botanical garden on the adjacent sites of the winter homes of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford beside the Caloosahatchee River in Southwestern Florida. It is located at 2350 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, Florida.
The Southwest Florida homes survived river flooding because of their elevation. But while prized trees planted by Edison in the 1920s stayed up, other trees went down. Crews are cleaning up the mess.
Harvey Firestone, founded Firestone Tire Company, had a winter estate near Edison and Ford's homes [98] Henry Ford, founded the Ford Motor Company, and father of the assembly line, had a winter estate next to Thomas Edison's; Charles Ghigna, poet and children's author known as "Father Goose;" boyhood home 1950-1973
Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).
Mary McLeod Bethune Home; Moulton–Wells House; Nathan Cobb Cottage; Rogers House (Daytona Beach, Florida) Rowallan; Seminole Rest; Seth French House; Stockton-Lindquist House; Talahloka; The Abbey (Daytona Beach, Florida) The Casements; Cypress Street Elementary School; The Hammocks; The Porches
In a town packed with historic homes, 45 Park Way may be West Orange's most extraordinary. Deemed the township's most historic building by members of its historic commission in recent decades, the ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County, Florida. ... Thomas Edison Winter Estate. August 12, 1991 2350 McGregor Boulevard ...
Mina Miller Edison (July 6, 1865 – August 24, 1947) was an American community activist and the second wife of inventor and industrialist Thomas Edison. She was a community activist in Fort Myers, Florida , known for her work advancing the use of public spaces and education initiatives.