3191 South Grand Boulevard

Historical marker location:

3191 South Grand Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on South Grand Boulevard south of Connecticut Street, on the right.)

Built 1910

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.