Nela Park

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Nela Park
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Nela Park, Building 307
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LocationEntrance at 1975 Noble Rd., East Cleveland, Ohio 44112
Coordinates 41°32′28″N81°33′39″W / 41.54111°N 81.56083°W / 41.54111; -81.56083
Built1911-1924
ArchitectFrank E, Wallis
NRHP reference No. 75001365 [1]
Added to NRHP1975

Nela Park is the headquarters of GE Lighting, a Savant company, [2] and is located in East 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.

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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 the National Electric Lamp Association (NELA), formed by John Robert Crouse Sr, J.B. Crouse, and H.A. Tremaine in 1901, [4] was dissolved and absorbed into General Electric. It was the first industrial park in the world, [5] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The campus emulates a university setting, and the dominant architectural style is Georgian 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 the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., designed by GE Lighting.

During World War I, the Chemical Corps had a research station at Nela. [6]

In 1921, Albert Einstein visits Nela Park with Ernest Fox Nichols. Albert Einstein and Ernest Fox Nichols Cleveland GE Nela Park 1922.jpg
In 1921, Albert Einstein visits Nela Park with Ernest Fox Nichols.


Ownership

In March 2022, GE Lighting sold Nela Park to an affiliate of Phoenix Investors, a Milwaukee-based real estate firm. [7] [8]

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References

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  3. "Nela Park". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. June 27, 1997. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  4. "J. Robert Crouse, Sr". Cromaine District Library. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
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  6. The Story of the Development Division, Chemical Warfare Service. Gilman Printing Company. 1920.
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  9. *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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