House at Glenmont, Home of Thomas Edison. Edison National Historic Site, Volume2. Historic Structure Report

摘要

The second story served as the private retreat of the Edison family. It was herethat family members retired to their bedrooms or to the informal book-filled family room. The southeast bedroom, known as the Owner's Room, is where the three children of Thomas and Mina were born, and where Thomas Edison died in 1931. When built originally in 1880-81, the second story had two bathrooms--one for the family, the other for the house staff. By 1940, the second story boasted six bathrooms. Other rooms in this story included guest bedrooms and a walk-in linen closet. One of the guest bedrooms functioned during the early years as a nursery for the young Edison children. The service portions of the second story included the Service Bathroom, and the Service Hall with its back stair and slop-sink closet. Several changes were made to the second-story rooms by the Edison family. All of the bedrooms in the second story are shown to visitors today.