Lewis H. Latimer house in Flushing

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Item Information

Title:
Lewis H. Latimer house in Flushing
Name on Item:
Photo: Carl Forster
Date:
[ca. 1842–2021]
Format:
Prints
Location:
Lewis H. Latimer Society & Museum
Collection (local):
Lewis H. Latimer Society Chelsea
Subjects:
Houses
Inventors
Engineers
Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928
Extent:
5 prints
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Notes:
Title from accompanying material.
LEWIS H. LATIMER HOUSE, 34-41 137th Street, Flushing, Queens. Built c. 1887-89. / "The Lewis H. Latimer House was the home for twenty-six years of the African-American inventor who is renowned for his work and writings in the field of electric lighting. This Queen Anne style frame house built c. 1887 to 1889 for Emma and William Sexton, was acquired by Lewis and Mary Wilson Latimer in 1902. It was the only house the Latimers owned in New York, and Latimer himself designed two additions to the house. The house not only offered a comfortable home for the Latimer family, but it was also a meeting place for prominent African-American civic and cultural leaders. As Latimer's long-time home, this house remains the most significant site in New York City associated with Latimer, and it was owned by the Latimer family until 1962. In 1988, when the house was threatened with demolition, it was moved to its present site across the street from the Latimer Gardens housing project, which has been named in Lewis Latimer's honor."
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (object):
Items are copies of original photographs.
Identifier:
1_2_11