I-Nela Park, esekelwe eNoble Road e-East Cleveland ngamamayela angu-7 empumalanga yedolobha laseCleveland, yayiyipaki yokuqala yezimboni emhlabeni wonke. Namuhla, i-campus eyi-92 acre i-General Electric's Lighting Division futhi isebenzisa cishe u-1,200, futhi lesi sikhungo sesaziwa ngobuciko bayo obuhle beGeorgian kanye nokubonisa ukukhanya kweholide.
Kodwa-ke, ngoJuni ka-2017, uGenerali umemezele ukuthi maduzane uzobeka iNela Park, ngakho-ke uma uhlela ukuvakashela lo mkhakha womlando omusha, le nkathi yeholide ingaba ithuba lakho lokugcina ukubonisa ukukhanya okukhanyisayo kokubonisa UKhisimusi.
Nakuba ungasakwazi ukushayela ipaki yezimboni ngokwayo kulezi zikhathi zokubonisa amaholide kanye nama-showsroom zibukeka ngokuqokwa kuphela, imibono evela emgwaqweni ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi namanje iyamangalisa.
Umlando nama-Architecture
I-Nela Park yasungulwa ngo-1911 lapho iGener Electric ithenga khona isivini esingasishiywa ngamamitha ayisikhombisa ukusuka eCleveland kulokho okwakusemaphandleni yasemaphandleni. Le ndawo ibizwa ngokuthi inkampani yaseCleveland-Inkampani kaZwelonke yeLamandla kagesi-eyatholwa yi-GE ngo-1900 ngomzamo wokumisa ubukhulu bezingqimba zezibani. I-Nela Park yabizwa i-National Historic Place ngo-1975.
I-Nela Park iqukethe izakhiwo ezingama-Georgian Revival-style, konke okwakhiwa okwakungakakhiwa ngaphambi kuka-1921. Lezi zakhiwo zakudala zakhiwe yi-Wallis ne-Goodwillie yaseNew York. Lesi sakhiwo siyaziwa ngokuqoqwa kwezobuciko, okuhlanganisa nemidwebo eminingi kaNorman Rockwell.
I-Institute e-Nela Park yasungulwa ngo-1933 njengoba isikhungo sokuqala semfundo ephakeme e-United States ngokukhethekile sibheke ekufundiseni abafundi ukukhanyisa, kanti iNhlangano manje ihambela abafundi abangaphezu kuka-6 000 ngonyaka abafuna ukufunda okwengeziwe ngale ndlela yokusebenza ngokwesayensi.
Namuhla, iNela Park iyindlunkulu yomhlaba wonke yeGener Electric's Lighting Division-enye yezinhlupho eziyisikhombisa zenkampani; inkampani, eyasungulwa ukuhlanganiswa kukaThomas Edison's Edison Electric Company kanye neNkampani yeThomson Houston ngo-1892, ikhule ibe yinkampani yesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni.
Imfundo, izinkomfa, kanye nenkolelo yamaholidi
Phakathi kwemisebenzi eminingi yeNela Park imfundo. Isikhungo sinikeza isimiso esigcwele semininja yabasebenzisi bokugcina, izinkontileka, nokukhanyisa abahambisa. Ukwengeza, iNela Park inezindlu zokuhweba, ihhovisi, nezimboni zokukhanyisa izimboni kanye nezinye izindawo zokubukisa zokukhanyisa; Kodwa-ke, iNela Park ayivulelekile emphakathini jikelele futhi ama-showsroom avuliwe ngokuqokwa kuphela.
Esinye sezici ezithandwa kakhulu eNela Park yikhombisa ukukhanya kwekhefu yonyaka lapho indawo ihlobisa khona i-campus e-Noble Road nezinkulungwane zezibani zezivakashi ezizokujabulela kusukela ekuqaleni kukaDisemba kuze kube yiSuku Lonyaka Omusha. Nakuba izivakashi zeholide azisekho ukuvunyelwa ukushayela nge-campus (ngezizathu zokuphepha), izibani ezinhle zeholide zingabhekwa emgwaqweni.
Isikhungo sokukhiqiza eNela Park senza futhi sinikeze izibani nezithokozo zesihlahla sikaKhisimusi kaNtshonalanga eNtshonalanga yaseWashington DC, umsebenzi owenze kusukela ngo-1922.