Historical Marker
The Eagles Nest
Historical marker location:
Baldwin, Maryland
( Marker is on Jarrettsville Pike (Maryland Route 146) 0.7 miles north of Dulaney Valley Road, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1969
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.