Louis Obert Mansion

Historical marker location:

2631 S 12th St, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of South 12th Street and McGirk Street, on the right when traveling south on South 12th Street.)

Marker installed: 2019

2631 S 12th St.. Circa 1886

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.