The Edison Memorial Tower has national significance.  It marks the site where Edison’s Menlo Park Industrial complex was located from 1876 to 1884, and where the first practical incandescent light bulb was created along with other inventions.  This is the birthplace of recorded sound and the launching for the world’s first “organized research” laboratory.  The Edison Tower (1937) is considered the State’s best representative of a public monument in the Art Deco Style and the last work of architectural concrete pioneer John J. Early. 

A previous grant  helped fund a master plan that  included an archaeological study, preservation plan and restoration alternatives for the tower and site.

The current grant will help fund the preparation of a strategic plan and a capital campaign to assist with the multi-million dollar restoration that will enable the tower to repoen to the public.

For more information, visit: http://www.edisonnj.org/menlopark/museum.asp