Field, Eugene, House
United States historic place in St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri. Added to the National Register in 1975, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Eugene Field House is a historic house museum in St. Louis, Missouri. Built in 1845, it was the home of Roswell Field, an attorney for Dred Scott in the landmark Dred Scott v. Sandford court case. Field's son, Eugene Field, was raised there and became a noted writer of children's stories. A National Historic Landmark, it is now a museum known as the Field House Museum.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 634 S. Broadway, St. Louis (Independent City), MO |
| County | St. Louis County |
| Listed | Aug 19, 1975 |
| Reference number | 75002137 |
| Type of place | historic house museum |
| Style | Federal architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 634 S. Broadway, St. Louis (Independent City), MO |
| Coordinates | 38.61993, -90.19180 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Gateway Arch National Park · 0 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 75002137. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.