Womans Building

Historical marker location:

2503 West 16th Street, Sedalia, Missouri

1910. Architects: Thomas Bast Contractors: R. F. Sellers & S. W. Ricketts.

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.