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Eugene Field House

House museum · St. Louis, United States

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Eugene Field House
Photo: Piaget-van Ravenswaay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

History

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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Visiting

This is a house museum. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.

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