Designated March 21, 1995
This house was home for twenty-six years of the African-American inventor, Lewis H. Latimer, renowned for his work in the field of electric lighting. In 1881, Latimer received a patent for an improved method for the production of carbon filaments used in lightbulbs. The house was built in Queen Anne style frame house, and it offered a comfortable meeting place for prominent African-American civic and cultural leaders.