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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AVS_the-security-building_St.-Louis-MO.html
The Security Building, one of St. Louis' most significant 19th century office buildings, is the city's only remaining commercial structure designed by the renowned architectural firm of Peabody & Stearns. Built in 1891, a year before Louis Sulliva…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AVR_site-of-first-mormon-meeting-place-in-st-louis_St.-Louis-MO.html
On this site from 1854 to 1857 stood the building used as the first Mormon Church in the St. Louis area.
Beginning in 1831, and during the difficult days of persecution that followed, St. Louis provided an oasis of tolerance and security and was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AVP_rue-des-granges_St.-Louis-MO.html
English:
La Rue des Granges ("Barn Street" or Third Street), farthest from the river, formed the western boundary of the town. It had many small homes of tradesmen and laborers built along its east side, while the west side had a number of barns.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AVO_the-captains-return_St.-Louis-MO.html
At noon on September 23, 1806, the Lewis and Clark expedition ended on the St. Louis riverfront after a journey along the Missouri River to its headwaters, a passage of the Rocky Mountains, and a descent to the Pacific Coast via the Columbia River…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUC_federal-reserve-bank-of-st-louis_St.-Louis-MO.html
A father and son who worked in this building greatly shaped our nation's economy.
William McChesney Martin, Sr. is credited with helping to write the Federal Reserve Act in 1913, creating the Federal Reserve System. He headed the Federal Reserve …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUB_teenager-samuel-clemens_St.-Louis-MO.html
"The first time I ever saw St. Louis,
I could have bought it for six million
dollars, and it was the mistake of my
life that I did not do it."
Across Fourth Street from this location, teenager Samuel Clemens set type for the St. L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQQ_field-house_St.-Louis-MO.html
Home of Roswell Field, attorney in the pivotal Dred Scott freedom suit, has been designated a
National Historic Landmark. This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
2007
National Pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQP_eugene-field_St.-Louis-MO.html
was born here in 1850. He wrote such poems as Little Boy Blue, Wynken, Blyklen and Nod, and The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat. Field was also one of America's most admired newspaper columnists when he died in 1895.
"Time was when the littl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29ST_the-old-courthouse_St.-Louis-MO.html
On April 6, 1846, a slave named Dred Scott and his wife Harriet sued for their freedom in this courthouse. The Scotts had been taken by their owner to free jurisdictions and then returned to Missouri, a slave state. In 1857, Chief Justice Roger B.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28OE_western-reach-of-the-revolution_St.-Louis-MO.html
The Battle of Fort San Carlos was the westernmost battle of the American Revolution. On May 26, 1780, about 300 townspeople, including Spanish soldiers, French settlers, and enslaved and free African Americans rallied to defend St. Louis. In front…