Sarah Jordan Boarding House
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The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.
The Menlo Park complex was an all-male environment; the closest workaday involvement of women -- not forgetting that Edison and several of his personnel were married -- was at the Sarah Jordan boardinghouse. Offering room and board for unmarried employees at the complex, it was operated by Sarah Jordan, a distant relative of Edison's. The house also played host to the experimental lighting system installed throughout Menlo Park in December 1879.
Artifact
Boardinghouse
Date Made
circa 1870
Place of Creation
United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park
Creator Notes
House originally constructed in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Edison at Work District
Object ID
28.1004.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Plaster
Color
Yellow (Color)
Brown
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