Nela Park
Nela Park | |
 Nela Park, Building 307 | |
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| Location | Entrance at 1975 Noble Rd., East Cleveland, Ohio 44112 |
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| Coordinates | 41°32′28″N81°33′39″W/ 41.54111°N 81.56083°W |
| Built | 1911-1924 |
| Architect | Frank E, Wallis |
| NRHP referenceNo. | 75001365[1] |
| Added to NRHP | 1975 |
Nela Parkis the headquarters ofGE Lighting,aSavantcompany,[2]and is located inEast Cleveland,Ohio,United States.Nela Park is the first industrial park in the world, and was the site of most of the lighting breakthroughs of the last century.
The institute was first organized by entrepreneurs Franklin Terry and Burton Tremaine of the National Electric Lamp Company.[3]Development of the site was started in 1911 when theNational Electric Lamp Association(NELA), formed by John Robert Crouse Sr, J.B. Crouse, and H.A. Tremaine in 1901,[4]was dissolved and absorbed intoGeneral Electric.It was the firstindustrial parkin the world,[5]and was added to theNational Register of Historic Placesin 1975. The campus emulates a university setting, and the dominant architectural style isGeorgian Revival.The 92-acre (370,000 m2) campus is home to GE's Lighting & Electrical Institute, which was founded in 1933. Each December, Nela Park features a world-famous Christmas lighting display, which culminates in a miniature version of theNational Christmas TreeinWashington, D.C.,designed by GE Lighting.
During World War I, theChemical Corpshad a research station at Nela.[6]
Ownership
[edit]In March 2022,GE Lightingsold Nela Park to anaffiliateof Phoenix Investors, aMilwaukee-based real estate firm.[7][8]
See also
[edit]- Marvin Pipkin- a scientist engineer that had many inventions and innovations for the light bulb and worked at NELA Park.[9]
References
[edit]- ^"National Register of Historical Places – Ohio(OH), Cuyahoga County".National Register of Historic Places.Nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.Retrieved2011-07-07.
- ^"GE Lighting sold to Massachusetts-based Savant Systems".WEWS.2020-05-27.Retrieved2021-08-26.
- ^"Nela Park".The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.June 27, 1997.RetrievedOctober 20,2013.
- ^"J. Robert Crouse, Sr".Cromaine District Library.RetrievedMarch 3,2015.
- ^"History of Nela Park".General Electric Company. Archived fromthe originalon November 27, 2011.RetrievedDecember 5,2011.
- ^The Story of the Development Division, Chemical Warfare Service.Gilman Printing Company. 1920.
- ^Heisig, Eric; clevel; (2022-03-09)."GE Lighting's owner selling Nela Park in East Cleveland, closing 2 Ohio plants".cleveland.Retrieved2022-05-17.
- ^GE Lighting owner sells Nela Park,10 March 2022,retrieved2022-05-17
- ^*Kane, Joseph Nathan (1964).Famous First Facts.H. W. Wilson.
The first electric lamp bulb frosted on the inside with sufficient strength for commercial handling was invented by Marvin Pipkin of the Incandescent Lamp Department of the General Electric Company at Nela Park, Ohio. On June 29, 1925, he applied for a patent.
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