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The Edison Main House, a 3900-square-foot home built in 1886 of clear spruce and shipped from Maine, was renovated between 1908 and 1910 after the purchase of an adjoining home for guest quarters in 1900. The kitchen was removed and converted into a master bedroom with walk-in closets and a bathroom. Upstairs support staff quarters became a bedroom for sons Charles and Theodore. The original dining room became a library with built-in bookshelves, and a small den and bath were created in the space below the stairs. While the Edison Guest House served as the gathering place for dinner, friends, and conversation, the Main House provided the Edisons a private refuge from the outside world. It also features some of the nation’s oldest electric light fixtures, designed and produced in the 1880s and called electroliers.
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