Stutz

Historical marker location:

1059 North Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of North Capitol Avenue and 11th Street, on the left when traveling south on North Capitol Avenue.)

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.