Historical Marker
218 North Main
Historical marker location:
218 North Main Street, St. Charles, Missouri
( Marker is on North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2011
A. R. Hunings Dry Goods Co. 1868-1928. 1863 Herman Mallinckrodt.
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.