3151-57 South Grand Boulevard

Historical marker location:

3155 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on South Grand Boulevard just north of Juniata Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Built 1911

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.