Historical Marker

Glyndon Station

Historical marker location:
2 Railroad Avenue, Glyndon, Maryland
( Marker is on Railroad Avenue south of Butler Road, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2004

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.