Elihu Thomson House | |
 Elihu Thomson House | |
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| Location | 22 Monument Avenue, Swampscott, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°28′11″N 70°55′8″W / 42.46972°N 70.91889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1889 |
| Architect | James T. Kelley |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| Part of | Olmsted Subdivision Historic District (ID02000696) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002002 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 7, 1976[2] |
| Designated NHL | January 7, 1976[1] |
| Designated CP | July 1, 2002 |
Swampscott Town Hall, previously the Elihu Thomson House, is a historic building in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The house was designed by architect James T. Kelley and built in 1889 for the noted inventor, electrical engineer, and industrialist Elihu Thomson (1853-1937). Thomson was, with Edwin J. Houston,[3] co-founder of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company[4] which would later merge with Thomas Edison's Edison General Electric Company to become the General Electric Company.[4] The house was built with an observatory, which no longer exists. It has housed Swampscott town offices since 1944, when it was given to the town by Thomson's heirs. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its association with Thomson.[1][5]
- ^ a b "Elihu Thomson House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved July 7, 2008.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Gifford, Jonathan (September 15, 2013). 100 Great Business Leaders: Of the world's most admired companies. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. pp. 34–35. ISBN 9789814484688.
struggling start-up run by two early electrical entrepreneurs, Elihu Thompson [sic] and Edwin J. Houston
- ^ a b "Elihu Thomson Papers, 1853-1955". Smithsonian Institution. July 23, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
in 1882, founded one of the early electrical corporations in the United States, the Thomson-Houston Company, which merged with the Edison Electric Company in 1892 to form the General Electric Company
- ^ James Sheire (July 30, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Elihu Thomson House / Elihu Thomson Administration Building" (pdf). National Park Service.
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