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Old Courthouse

The Old Courthouse (officially called the Old St. Louis County Courthouse) was built as a combination federal and state courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. Missouri's tallest habitable building from 1864 to 1894, it is now part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and operated by the National Park Service used for historical exhibits and events. The Old Courthouse was the site of the first two trials of the pivotal Dred Scott case in 1847 and 1850. It was also where Virginia Minor's case for a woman's right to vote came to trial in the 1870s.

 

The information above comes from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Courthouse_%28St._Louis,_Missou...

 

www.nps.gov/jeff/planyourvisit/och.htm

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Minor

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