Camp Stanton

Historical marker location:

7100 Benedict Avenue, Benedict, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Prince Frederick Road (Maryland Route 231) and Mill Creek Road/Bendict Avenue cut off, on the right when traveling east on Prince Frederick Road.)

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.