Historical Marker
The Minor House
Historical marker location:
314 North Spring Street, Independence, Missouri
( Marker is on North Spring Street, 0 miles south of West White Oak Street, on the right when traveling south.)
(built ca. 1885).
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.