Historical Marker
Frank Hohenberger
Historical marker location:
15 S Van Buren St, Nashville, Indiana
( Marker is on South Van Buren Street (Indiana Route 135) south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2019
1876 -1963.
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.