Historical Marker
Willys Building
Historical marker location:
2300 Locust Street, Saint Louis, Missouri
( Marker is on Locust Street west of North 23rd Street, on the left when traveling west.)
Built in 1917.
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.