Two Cent Road and Three Notch Road

Historical marker location:

Bargersville, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of East 2 Cent Road and East Old Plank Road (State Road 144), on the right when traveling east on East 2 Cent Road.)

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.