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Date
1-1-1985
Description
The Old St. Louis County Courthouse was built in 1828 and featured several significant trials, including the Dred Scott vs. Sanford case, and the Virginia Louisa Minor case for women's suffrage. In 1940, the city of St. Louis gave the Courthouse over to the Federal Government who then created the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park. The Park also features the Gateway Arch, designed by architect Eero Saarinen and built in 1965. The Gateway Arch reflects St. Louis' role in the Westward Expansion of the United States during the 19th century.
Rights
This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
courthouse, St. Louis, historic, historic buildings, urban redevelopment, downtown, downtown revitalization, park
Notes
Bibliography: National Park Service. "Jefferson National Expansion Memorial." National Parks Service - U.S. Department of the Interior, 2016. www.nps.gov. Accessed 06 Oct. 2016. "Saint Louis Historical Old Courthouse." Saint Louis Front Page, 2016. slfp.com/OldCourthouse.html. Accessed 06 Oct. 2016.