Historical Marker
Ernest Stebbins, M.D.
Historical marker location:
201 West Lanvale Street, Bolton Hill, Maryland
( Marker is at the intersection of West Lanvale Street and Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Lanvale Street.)
1901-1987.
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.