Eddie Taylor

Historical marker location:

Terre Haute, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of Wabash Avenue and North 7th Street, on the right when traveling west on Wabash Avenue.)

"Mayor of 7th and Wabash".

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.