Larry Rice

Historical marker location:

450 Northfield Dr, Brownsburg, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of North Green Street (Indiana Route 267) and Interstate 74, on the right when traveling south on North Green Street.)

Marker installed: 2016

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.