In 1860 A Scholarly Neighborhood

Historical marker location:

2300 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Cherokee Street west of Indiana Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2007

Cherokee-Lemp Historic District

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.