DuBourg Hall

Historical marker location:

221 North Grand Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on North Grand Boulevard south of Lindell Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2018

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.