Baltimore Infirmary

Historical marker location:

994 S Greene St, University of Maryland, Maryland

( Marker is on South Greene Street (Maryland Route 295) near West Lombard Street, on the right when traveling south.)

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.