American Zinc Building

Historical marker location:

20 S 4th St, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of South 4th Street and Walnut Street, on the right when traveling north on South 4th Street.)

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.