The museum will extend its hours as it marks it grand reopening. The Lewis Latimer House Museum has officially reopened. The New York-based museum marked its new era with a Juneteenth celebration. The ...

Lewis H. Latimer should come to mind just as quickly as Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell when thinking of inventors who left a lasting impact on society. Despite having no formal education, ...

Despite having no formal education, Latimer became a chief draftsman, patent expert, and inventor with seven of his own patented inventions. He made contributions to the development of innovations ...

The Queens home of the Black inventor who contributed to the invention of the lightbulb gets an overdue makeover. By Sam Roberts In an episode of HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” Peggy Scott, the budding ...

The Lewis Latimer House Museum honors the Black inventor whose achievements include playing a role in improving the light bulb and drawing the diagrams for Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone patent.

Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Alva Edison, Hiram S. Maxim and Lewis Howard Latimer. These four men were the greatest inventors and innovators of their day. They were all born in the late 1840s, and ...

Historic Districts Council Picks Forest Close Neighborhood as its Six to Celebrate Douglaston Home Sells for $2.6 Million The Lewis Latimer House: One of Queens’ Brightest Lights Open House Picks ...