Clydesdale Stable

Historical marker location:

1127 Pestalozzi Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Pestalozzi Street east of 13th Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Built in 1885

The famous Dred Scott case, which helped fuel the tensions that led to the Civil War, originated in Missouri. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in the Missouri courts in 1857, but the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled against him.