Event
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Multiple Days: 11/24/2018, 11/25/2018, 12/01/2018, 12/02/2018, 12/08/2018, 12/09/2018, 12/16/2018, 12/23/2018, 12/15/2018, 12/22/2018, 12/29/2018, 12/30/2018
Location:
Glenmont,
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Time: 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM
Fee Information: Normal Entry Fee
The sights and sounds of the season will greet visitors when they come to Thomas Edison's home in Llewellyn Park during "Holidays at Glenmont."
Glenmont will be decorated much as it was while the Edison family lived there. Greenery and red poinsettias will deck the mantles above the fireplaces. Staircases will be ringed with boughs and red ribbon bows and wreaths will hang in every window. In the Den, the majestic 10 foot tree will be set and the presents underneath will be waiting as if the Edison children Madeleine, Theodore and Charles, will soon come running down the stairs from their rooms - after they've checked their stockings in the upstairs Living Room!
The Edison home, Glenmont, is located on a fifteen-acre estate in Llewellyn Park, the country's first private residential community. Built in 1880, the twenty-nine room mansion contains the original furnishings and family items used by the Edisons. The estate grounds include gardens, a greenhouse, barn, and the poured concrete garage containing the family's automobiles. Thomas and Mina Edison are buried on the grounds of the estate.
Car passes and tour tickets must be purchased at the Laboratory Complex Visitor Center at 211 Main Street. There are a limited number of tickets. They are given out on a first come first served basis. No advanced reservations. Tour times may vary each day.