Elijah McCoy - Legacy

Legacy

• 1974, the state of Michigan put an historical marker (P25170) at the McCoys' former home at 5720 Lincoln Avenue and at his gravesite.
• 1975, Detroit celebrated Elijah McCoy Day, and officials placed a historic marker at the site of his home. The city also named a nearby street for him.
• 1994, Michigan installed a historical marker (S0642) at his first workshop in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
• 2001, McCoy was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio.
• Senator Debbie Stabenow offered an amendment to the Patent Reform Act of 2011 to name the first satellite office of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, which opened in Detroit, Michigan, on July 13, 2012, as the "Elijah J. McCoy United States Patent and Trademark Office."