The Lewis Latimer House & Museum (New York City, New York)

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The Lewis H. Latimer House was moved from Holly Avenue in Flushing to its present site in 1988. Lewis H. Latimer was the son of Virginia runaway slaves. Self-educated, he eventually became Thomas Edison's chief draftsman. He improved on Edison's electric light bulb by developing a carbon filament and was part of a team which installed electric lighting in New York City, Philadelphia and London. Latimer was the only African American on Edison's staff. He also did the original drawings for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone.

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www.historichousetrust.org/item.php?i_id=39
maap.columbia.edu/place/41.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_H._Latimer_House
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Coordinates:   40°45'57"N   73°49'45"W
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