Swartz & Malsbury Building

Historical marker location:

422 - 428 South Main Street, Joplin, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Missouri Route 43) and 5th Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.)

422 - 428 Main.

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.