Claude Heithaus, S.J.

Historical marker location:

3628 Lindell Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Grand Boulevard south of Lindell Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2018

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.