Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site
a.k.a. Old Courthouse;Old Cathedral;See Also:Gateway Arch
Mississippi River between Washington and Poplar Sts., Saint Louis, MO Local significance of the district: Art; Engineering; Law; Architecture
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
The first successful parachute jump from a moving airplane was made by a Missouri native named Albert Berry in St. Louis in 1912.