Historical Marker
Gardner House
Historical marker location:
417 South Main Street, Palmyra, Missouri
( Marker is on South Main Street (Business U.S. 61) just north of Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling north.)
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.