The Edison Memorial Tower has national significance.  It marks the site where Edison’s Menlo Park Industrial compound was located from 1876 to 1884, and where the first practical incandescent lamp was created along with other inventions.  This is the birthplace of recorded sound and launch pad 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.

The matching grant will help fund a master plan that will include an archaeological study, preservation plan and restoration alternatives for the tower and site.

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