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The Economic Times
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In 1886, Thomas Edison bought a 15-acre estate in New Jersey's Llewellyn Park; today, Glenmont is the only home in the 420-acre community owned by the Park Service

For Thomas Edison, the search for new inventions often happened inside laboratories filled with experiments and machinery. Away from that environment, he found a quieter setting at Glenmont, his Victorian property in West Orange, New Jersey, where gardens, trees, and walking paths surrounded the home that became part of his personal life story.

A country retreat for city people

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