American Elm

Historical marker location:

1/2 Buckland Ave, Fremont, Ohio

( Marker is on Buckland Avenue, 0.1 miles west of Rice Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1995

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.