Lewis H. Latimer House

The Lewis H. Latimer House, also called the Latimer House or the Lewis Latimer House, is a historic house located at 34-41 137th Street in Flushing, Queens, New York City.

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 3.0.

Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday: closed
Wednesday and Friday: noon—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: historic house and technology museum in Flushing, Queens, New York City, United States
Also known as: “Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum”
Address: 34-41 137th Street, Flushing, NY 11354

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Flushing Town Hall and Old Quaker Meeting House.

Flushing Town Hall

Arts center

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Flushing Town Hall is a performing arts center and historic town hall at 137-35 Northern Boulevard in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens in New York City. Flushing Town Hall is situated 820 feet south of Lewis H. Latimer House.

Old Quaker Meeting House

Church

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The Flushing Friends Quaker Meeting House, also the Old Quaker Meeting House, is a historic Quaker house of worship located at 137-16 Northern Boulevard, in Flushing, Queens, New York. Old Quaker Meeting House is situated 1,200 feet south of Lewis H. Latimer House.

Kingsland Homestead

Museum

Photo: Mathiou J-A, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kingsland Homestead is an 18th-century house located in Flushing, Queens, New York City. It is the home of the remains of The Weeping Beech, a landmark weeping beech tree, believed to have been planted in 1847. Kingsland Homestead is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Lewis H. Latimer House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flushing-Northeast and Linden Hill.

Flushing-Northeast

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Flushing-Northeast is a large area of Queens, a borough of New York City. Flushing contains a very large Chinatown, and in fact is more diverse than Manhattan's Chinatown.

Linden Hill

Neighborhood

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Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central part of the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is the fourth-largest central business district in New York City.

Murray Hill

Neighborhood

Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central part of the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is the fourth-largest central business district in New York City.

Lewis H. Latimer House

Categories: historic house museum, technology museum, biographical museum, African-American museum, house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.7661° or 40° 45′ 58″ north

Longitude

-73.82938° or 73° 49′ 46″ west

Inception

1887—1889

Levels

Height

25 feet (7.7 metres)

Open location code

87G8Q58C+C6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 284617356

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q6536637

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In Other Languages

From Portuguese to Spanish—“Lewis H. Latimer House” goes by many names.

Portuguese: “Casa de Lewis H. Latimer”
Spanish: “Casa Lewis H. Latimer”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Leavitts Park and First Door of Faith Church.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Lewis H. Latimer Gardens and Queens Academy High School.

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