Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (redirected from Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Historic Site)

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial: see Saint Louis, Mo.

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Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

Parks Directory of the United States / US National Parks / National Memorials

Address: 11 N 4th St
Saint Louis, MO 63102
Phone: 314-655-1700;
Fax: 314-655-1641;
Web: www.nps.gov/jeff/
Size: 91 acres.
Established: Designated on December 21, 1935; authorized on May 17, 1954.
Location: In the heart of downtown Saint Louis on the Mississippi River. Interstate routes 44, 55, 64, and 70 converge near the park.
Facilities: Rest rooms (é), visitor center (é), museum/exhibit. Entrance fee required.
Activities: Guided tour.
Special Features: This park on Saint Louis' Mississippi riverfront memorializes Thomas Jefferson and others who directed territorial expansion of the United States. Eero Saarinen's prize-winning, stainless steel gateway arch commemorates westward pioneers. Visitors may ascend the 630-foot-high arch. In the nearby Old Courthouse, Dred Scott sued for freedom in the historic slavery case.

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See other parks in Missouri.