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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
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
Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
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
Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central portion 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 portion 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″ northLongitude
-73.82938° or 73° 49′ 46″ westInception
1887—1889Levels
2Height
25 feet (7.7 metres)Open location code
87G8Q58C+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 284617356OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6536637
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In Other Languages
“Lewis H. Latimer House” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Casa Lewis H. Latimer”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leavitts Park and First Door of Faith Church.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Public School 23 and Lewis H. Latimer Gardens.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lewis H. Latimer House”. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 3.0.