Historical Marker
Beckner Building
Historical marker location:
100 East Commercial Street, Buffalo, Missouri
( Marker is at the intersection of Commercial Street and Maple Street (Missouri Route 73), on the right when traveling east on Commercial Street.)
Marker installed: 1982
Oldest Brick Building.
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.