Historical Marker
Strawbridge Shrine
Historical marker location:
925 Wakefield Valley Rd, New Windsor, Maryland
( Marker is at the intersection of Wakefield Valley Road and New Windsor Road (Maryland Route 31), on the right when traveling south on Wakefield Valley Road.)
Methodist Heritage Site - C. 1760. 🠔.
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.