Wainwright Building

Historical marker location:

111 North 7th Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of North 7th Street and Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling south on North 7th Street.)

The Missouri Ozarks region is home to the "Bald Knobbers", a vigilante group that formed in the 1880s to enforce the law in the area. They were named after the bald hilltops where they held their meetings and were known for wearing black hoods and using violence to maintain order.