Historical Marker
Howdy Wilcox
Historical marker location:
115 N Green St, Crawfordsville, Indiana
( Marker is on North Green Street close to East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2018
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.