Fred Duesenberg

Historical marker location:

1601 Wayne St, Auburn, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of Wayne Street and Gordon M Buehring Place, on the left when traveling north on Wayne Street.)

Vice President of Engineering - Duesenberg, Inc

The first public demonstration of the electric light bulb was given by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey, but the first practical incandescent light bulb was invented by Lewis Howard Latimer, who was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, but lived in Indiana for a time. Latimer was also the first African American to be employed as an engineer by the U.S. Patent Office.