Menlo Park, New Jersey

Now and Then

A look at the location of Thomas Edison's laboratory

This series of pages looks at Menlo Park in the year 2000. Compare the area today with the old images from Edison's time. Maps and photos illustrate the changes that have taken place in the time since Edison invented a whole new world.

Edison's home faced the railroad tracks and the two roads running by: Thornall Street and the Middlesex Essex Turnpike. Today, Thornall Street is on the other side of the tracks, populated by large office buildings. The Lincoln Hwy (Route 27) runs past the old Edison homesite.

Here is the view from Edison's front yard, looking south towards the Lincoln Hwy intersection with Christie Street:

A memorial stone sits on the Lincoln Highway at the former site of Edison's home. This is the view the family had from the house - the road and railroad tracks below. Thornall Street (today) has several multi-story office buildings.

This view is from the same spot, looking back at where the house once stood. Monmouth Avenue is through the woods.

Edison would have trouble recognizing the view from his front yard today...

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