Did you know that Northeast Ohio's Nela Park, located on Noble Road at the edge of East Cleveland, was America's first industrial park? Or that the facility, the world headquarters for GE Lighting, has made and donated the lights and ornaments for the National Christmas Tree in Washington DC for over 80 years?

Nela Park, best known to Cleveland residents for its spectacular holiday lighting display, was built in 1911 on a former abandonned vineyard in what was then rural Ohio. The campus includes over 40, mostly Georgian Revival-style, buildings, all but two of which were designed in the early 1910s by the New York architectural firm of Wallis and Goodwillie. Nela Park was made a National Historic Site in 1975.

The location is proud of its connection to the National Christmas Tree. (The 2006 tree is pictured at left.) Each year, since 1922, the Nela Park has designed, produced, and donated the decorations for the tree.

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(Photo of the National Christmas Tree © Terry Adams/NPS; used with permission.)}