2838 Cherokee Street

Historical marker location:

2838 Cherokee St, Saint Louis, Missouri

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

Spicker's Furniture Store

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.