The Blacksmith Shop

Historical marker location:

1915 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Cherokee Street east of Salena Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1999

Cherokee-Lemp Historic District

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.