Old Courthouse

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historic courthouse landmark building tourist attraction

The Old Courthouse is a historic 19th-century courthouse in downtown St. Louis best known as the site of the pivotal Dred Scott slavery trials and as a prominent architectural landmark near the Gateway Arch.

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Old Courthouse (St. Louis) ×47

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic courthouse → landmark building → tourist attraction →
architecturalStyle	Classical Revival elements → Greek Revival →
associatedWith	Dred Scott → Harriet Scott → civil rights history → slavery in the United States →
builtOnSiteOf	earlier 1820s courthouse →
category	Buildings and structures in St. Louis → Courthouses in Missouri → Museums in St. Louis → National Park Service visitor attractions →
city	St. Louis →
constructionEnd	1862 →
constructionStart	1839 →
country	United States →
currentUse	museum →
formerlyPartOf	Jefferson National Expansion Memorial →
hasDome	yes →
hasExhibit	19th-century St. Louis history → Dred Scott case history → westward expansion themes →
hasFeature	central rotunda → courtrooms → interior murals →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark → listed on the National Register of Historic Places →
knownFor	19th-century architecture → Dred Scott trials → role in U.S. slavery history →
locatedNear	Gateway Arch →
location	St. Louis, Missouri → downtown St. Louis →
managedBy	National Park Service →
NRHPType	contributing property to a historic district →
openToPublic	yes →
originalFunction	St. Louis city courthouse → St. Louis county courthouse →
ownedBy	federal government of the United States →
partOf	Gateway Arch National Park →
region	Midwestern United States →
significantEvent	Dred Scott freedom suits → Dred Scott v. Sandford lower court proceedings → Virginia Minor women’s suffrage case →
state	Missouri →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
St. Louis, Missouri, United States →	hasLandmark