AMDG Shrine of St. Joseph

Historical marker location:

1220 North 11th Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of North 11th Street and Biddle Street, on the right when traveling north on North 11th Street.)

1844. On the National Register of Historic Places

The Missouri State Penitentiary, located in Jefferson City, was once the oldest operating prison west of the Mississippi River. It opened in 1836 and closed in 2004.