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The
Edison and Ford Winter Estates contain a historical museum and 17 acre (6.9 hectares) botanical garden on the adjacent sites of the winter homes of Thomas Edison and
Henry Ford beside the
Caloosahatchee River in southwestern
Florida. It is located at 2350 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, Florida, United States. It is open daily from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, including Sundays.
History
The present site dates from
1885, when Edison first visited Florida and purchased the property to build a vacation home. This structure, completed in 1886 and dubbed "Seminole Lodge", served as a winter retreat, laboratory, and work place until Edison's death in 1931. Edison’s good friend Henry Ford purchased the adjoining property in 1915 where he built "The Mangoes". In 1947, Mrs. Thomas Edison deeded the property to the City of Fort Myers in memory of her husband for the enjoyment of the public. It was opened for public tours in 1950. By 1988, the adjacent Henry Ford winter estate was purchased and opened for public tours. In 2003, the governance of the site was transferred by the City to a new non-profit corporation, Thomas Edison & Henry Ford Winter Estates, Inc. (dba Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Inc) whose mission is to protect, preserve and interpret the site and future growth and development. The new corporation successfully completed a $10 million restoration project in 2006. A separate fundraising arm, Edison-Ford Winter Estates Foundation, Inc., was created to assist the restoration project with no function in governance, programming or development but rather to assist the governing board with the initial restoration.
Gardens
Edison's botanical garden contains more than a thousand varieties of plants from around the world, including Kigelia and a 400-foot
banyan given by
Harvey Firestone in 1925. It was originally an experimental garden for industrial products. Later Mrs. Edison gave the garden an aesthetic turn with plantings of roses,
orchids and
bromeliads.
At present the collections include:
Acalypha hispida,
Arenga pinnata,
Artocarpus heterophllus,
Billbergia sp.,
Blighia sapida,
Bougainvillea glabra,
Bougainvillea spectabilis,
Calliandra haematocephala,
Canage odorata,
Cattleya hybrid,
Cattleya sp.,
Chorisia speciosa,
Citrus sp.,
Clerodendrum speciosissimum,
Cordyline terminalis,
Cycad sp.,
Dendrobium,
Dombeya sp.,
Epidendrum ciliare,
Ficus auriculata,
Ficus benghalensis,
Ficus saussureana,
Hibiscus schizopetalus,
Holmskioldia sanguinea,
Ibosa riparia,
Ixora chinensis,
Kilgelia pinnata,
Leea coccinea,
Malvaviscus arboreus,
Musa (Musaceae) sp.,
Parmentiera cereifera,
Plumbaginaceae capensis,
Solandra nitada,
Spathoglottis plicata,
Tabernaemontana corymbosa,
Tecoma (Genus) stans,
Thunbergia erecta, and
Tibouchina semidecandra.
See also
Gallery
Image:Edisonwinterhome2006.jpg|Edison's winter home - view from the road.Image:Caloosahatchee.JPG|View of the Caloosahatchee River from the estateImage:Edison- John Burroughs- Ford at Edison's home in Ft. Myers Florida 1914.png] and Ford at the estate in 1914Image:Moonlight Garden, Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, Florida.JPG|Mina Edison's Moonlight Garden
References and external links
- Lee County listings at National Register of Historic Places
- Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
- Lee County listings
- Lee County markers
- Edison and Ford Winter Estates
- Great Floridians of Fort Myers
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| locator_y =
| location = [Fort Myers, Florida, [Lee County, Florida
| lat_degrees = 26
| lat_minutes = 38
| lat_seconds = 05
| lat_direction = N
| long_degrees = 81
| long_minutes = 52
| long_seconds = 48
| long_direction = W
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September 8, [ (Ford Estate)
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The
Edison and Ford Winter Estates contain a historical
museum and 17 acre (6.9 hectares) botanical garden on the adjacent sites of the winter homes of
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford beside the
Caloosahatchee River in southwestern
Florida. It is located at 2350 McGregor Boulevard,
Fort Myers, Florida,
United States. It is open daily from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, including Sundays.
History
The present site dates from
1885, when Edison first visited Florida and purchased the property to build a vacation home. This structure, completed in 1886 and dubbed "Seminole Lodge", served as a winter retreat, laboratory, and work place until Edison's death in
1931. Edison’s good friend Henry Ford purchased the adjoining property in 1915 where he built "The Mangoes". In 1947, Mrs. Thomas Edison deeded the property to the City of Fort Myers in memory of her husband for the enjoyment of the public. It was opened for public tours in 1950. By 1988, the adjacent Henry Ford winter estate was purchased and opened for public tours. In 2003, the governance of the site was transferred by the City to a new non-profit corporation, Thomas Edison & Henry Ford Winter Estates, Inc. (dba Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Inc) whose mission is to protect, preserve and interpret the site and future growth and development. The new corporation successfully completed a $10 million restoration project in 2006. A separate fundraising arm, Edison-Ford Winter Estates Foundation, Inc., was created to assist the restoration project with no function in governance, programming or development but rather to assist the governing board with the initial restoration.
Gardens
Edison's botanical garden contains more than a thousand varieties of plants from around the world, including
Kigelia and a 400-foot
banyan given by
Harvey Firestone in
1925. It was originally an experimental garden for industrial products. Later Mrs. Edison gave the garden an aesthetic turn with plantings of roses,
orchids and bromeliads.
At present the collections include:
Acalypha hispida,
Arenga pinnata,
Artocarpus heterophllus,
Billbergia sp.,
Blighia sapida,
Bougainvillea glabra,
Bougainvillea spectabilis,
Calliandra haematocephala,
Canage odorata,
Cattleya hybrid,
Cattleya sp.,
Chorisia speciosa,
Citrus sp.,
Clerodendrum speciosissimum,
Cordyline terminalis,
Cycad sp.,
Dendrobium,
Dombeya sp.,
Epidendrum ciliare,
Ficus auriculata,
Ficus benghalensis,
Ficus saussureana,
Hibiscus schizopetalus,
Holmskioldia sanguinea,
Ibosa riparia,
Ixora chinensis,
Kilgelia pinnata,
Leea coccinea,
Malvaviscus arboreus,
Musa (Musaceae) sp.,
Parmentiera cereifera,
Plumbaginaceae capensis,
Solandra nitada,
Spathoglottis plicata,
Tabernaemontana corymbosa,
Tecoma (Genus) stans,
Thunbergia erecta, and
Tibouchina semidecandra.
See also
Gallery
Image:Edisonwinterhome2006.jpg|Edison's winter home - view from the road.Image:Caloosahatchee.JPG|View of the Caloosahatchee River from the estateImage:Edison- John Burroughs- Ford at Edison's home in Ft. Myers Florida 1914.png] and Ford at the estate in 1914Image:Moonlight Garden, Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, Florida.JPG|Mina Edison's Moonlight Garden
References and external links
- Lee County listings at National Register of Historic Places
- Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
- Lee County listings
- Lee County markers
- Edison and Ford Winter Estates
- Great Floridians of Fort Myers
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