Nela Park

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.

Nela Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nela Park, Building 307
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Location	Entrance at 1975 Noble Rd., East Cleveland, Ohio 44112
Coordinates	41°32′28″N 81°33′39″W
Built	1911-1924
Architect	Frank E, Wallis
NRHP reference No.	75001365[1]
Added to NRHP	1975

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.

Ownership

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

See also

• Marvin Pipkin - a scientist engineer that had many inventions and innovations for the light bulb and worked at NELA Park.^[9]