2125 Cherokee

Historical marker location:
2175 Cherokee St, Saint Louis, Missouri
( Marker is on Cherokee Street east of Missouri Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2007

Marker
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Through the Years. 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.