Menlo Park, New Jersey

E97178

historic district unincorporated community

Menlo Park, New Jersey is a historic community best known as the site of Thomas Edison’s pioneering research laboratory, where many of his major inventions were developed.

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district → unincorporated community →
associatedWith	Edison’s “invention factory” → Thomas Alva Edison →
coordinateLocation	40.543°N 74.356°W →
country	United States of America →
elevation	approximately 118 feet →
governingBody	Township of Edison government →
hasAttraction	Menlo Park Mall →
hasHeritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places →
hasLandmark	Edison Memorial Tower → Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park →
hasMuseum	Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park →
hasPostalCode	08817 →
hasStructure	Art Deco Edison Memorial Tower →
heritageDesignationAppliesTo	Edison Tower and Museum →
historicalPeriod	late 19th century industrial innovation →
knownFor	Thomas Edison’s research laboratory → development of many of Thomas Edison’s major inventions →
locatedIn	Edison, New Jersey NERFINISHED → Middlesex County, New Jersey NERFINISHED → New Jersey →
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−05:00 →
namedAfter	Menlo Park, California NERFINISHED →
near	Metuchen, New Jersey NERFINISHED → Woodbridge Township, New Jersey NERFINISHED →
observesDaylightSavingTime	UTC−04:00 →
partOf	Raritan Valley NERFINISHED →
roadJunctionOf	County Route 531 → U.S. Route 1 →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Menlo Park Laboratory → Menlo Park, California →	namedAfter
The Wizard of Menlo Park →	associatedWithPlace
Menlo Park Laboratory →	locatedIn