Historical Marker
This Tree Dedicated to Edward Johnson
Historical marker location:
2400 East Fort Avenue, Locust Point Industrial Area, Maryland
( Marker can be reached from Constellation Plaza, 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1932
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.