In 1914, Thomas Edison invited Henry Ford to his winter retreat in Fort Myers. Two years later when the neighbor’s property was for sale, the founder of The Ford Motor Company bought this 1911 bungalow called The Mangoes as his vacation home. Seventy seven years later, it was purchased by the City of Fort Myers, added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and became part of the attraction known as the Edison and Ford Winter Estates.