Latimer House is the former home of Lewis Howard Latimer, the African-American inventor whose work helped make practical electric lighting possible. The Queen Anne-style house dates from the late 19th century and now operates as a small museum on his life and the wider history of Black scientists and inventors.
It is a focused stop rather than a big museum, but it adds real depth to a Flushing walk that already includes older houses, churches, and civic buildings.