Historical Marker
The National Road
Historical marker location:
837 W Pratt St, Washington Village/Pigtown, Maryland
( Marker is on West Pratt Street (U.S. 40).)
The Road that Built the Nation.
Maryland was home to the first African American woman to hold a patent: In 1885, Sarah E. Goode, an African American woman from Baltimore, became the first African American woman to hold a U.S. patent. Her invention was a folding cabinet bed, which was designed to save space in small apartments.