Colonel Charles Young House

Historical marker location:

1120 US Route 42, Wilberforce, Ohio

( Marker is on U.S. 42 west of Wilberforce-Clifton Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1974

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument. National Historic Landmark.

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The first traffic light in the world was installed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914. It had only two colors, red and green, and was manually operated by a police officer.