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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3U_edisons-study-and-moonlight-garden-1928_Fort-Myers-FL.html
In his initial plans for the property, Edison included a laboratory for his Florida estate. Through he anticipated leisure time, he also needed a place to pursue inventing. Of the many experiments he worked on in this laboratory, one focused on a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3T_edison-caretakers-yard_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Edison created a large domestic support area for the Estate on the east side of McGregor Boulevard. Storage buildings, equipment, a truck garden, and even a horse were located there. One the west side, retaining and expanding the Caretaker's House…
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Some of the Seminole Lodge Staff
Queenie Adams
J.F. Anderson
Mr. Bassler
Mr. & Mrs. Black
Ellen Carr
Michael & Tina Doyle
James Evans
Harvie Heitman
William Hibble
Henry Horsey
Noah Keen
George Kinze
Fred Ott
Sidney Scarth
Edgar & M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OV2_edison-estate-restoration-and-rebirth_Fort-Myers-FL.html
The Edison Estate riverside buildings were originally built in 1886 and remodeled slightly throughout the years.
The sprawling Edison Seminole Lodge is made up of the Family Home, connecting pergola and Guest House. The Edison Moonlight Garden …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OV0_orchid-lane-and-friendship-walk_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Orchid Lane developed as a natural path from the mango trees that formed a line down both the Edison and Ford properties. Orchids are air plants, or epiphytes, which do not require soil to grow. They receive nutrients from the air, rainwater and d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OUZ_clara-fords-michigan-rose-garden_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Clara Bryant Ford had a passion for roses and grew over 350 varieties and 10,000 plants at the family's estate, Fair Lane, in Dearborn, Michigan. Mrs. Ford's favorites were tea roses in shades of yellow and white.
Did you know Clara Ford hired …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OUW_edisons-florida-paradise_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Famous inventor and businessman Thomas Edison visited Forty Myers in early 1885. He planned to find a warm retreat to escape the cold winters of his home base in West Orange, New Jersey. Along with friends, he made way to Fort Myers from the coole…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OUU_inside-the-ford-home_Fort-Myers-FL.html
The Henry Ford Home was built in 1911 and is an example of the "American Bungalow" architectural style. From the exterior one sees the characteristics of cedar-shingle siding, wide covered porches, gabled metal roof, and dormers with dec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OUT_henry-fords-florida-estate_Fort-Myers-FL.html
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford first met in 1896 at a New York conference of the Edison Illuminating Companies. Ford worked as a mechanic at the Detroit Edison plant. The two were not reacquainted again until 1910, when Edison responded to Ford's re…
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In 1914, Thomas Edison invited Henry Ford, wife Clara, and son Edsel to the Edison Florida estate. In 1916, the Fords purchased their Fort Myers estate, The Mangoes. The Ford family visited regularly with good friends and neighbors, Thomas and Min…