Jefferson National Expansion Memorial & Gateway Arch
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Contact Information:
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial & Gateway Arch
11 N. 4th St.
St. Louis, MO 63102
314-655-1700
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/
Size: 193 acres.
Location: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial & Gateway Arch is located in the heart of downtown Saint Louis on the Mississippi River. Interstate routes 44, 55, 64, and 70 converge near the park.
Description: 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 courthouse, Dred Scott sued for freedom in the historic slavery case.
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Jefferson National Expansion Memorial & Gateway Arch
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Operating
Hours:
The Gateway Arch is open daily from 8am-10pm Memorial Day through Labor Day
(summer hours) and from 9am-6pm the remainder of the year. Park is closed
Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Years day. The Old Courthouse is open daily
from 8am-4:30pm, except Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Years Day.
History: Designated on December 21, 1935; authorized on May 17, 1954.
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See other Missouri National Parks