Historical Marker
Working the Kilns
Historical marker location:
8511 Fountain Rock Court, Walkersville, Maryland
( Marker can be reached from Fountain Rock Court east of Fountain Rock 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.