Irma Rombauer

Historical marker location:

6636 Delmar Boulevard, University City, Missouri

( Marker is on Delmar Boulevard west of Leland Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1998

Born October 30, 1877.

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.