Shelley House
United States historic place in St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri. Added to the National Register in 1988, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Shelley House is a historic house at 4600 Labadie Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Built in 1906, this duplex was the focus of the 1948 United States Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer, which ruled that judicial enforcement by state courts of racially restrictive covenants violated the Constitution. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 14, 1990.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 4600 Labadie Ave., St. Louis (Independent City), MO |
| County | St. Louis County |
| Listed | Apr 18, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88000437 |
| Type of place | historic house |
| 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 | 4600 Labadie Ave., St. Louis (Independent City), MO |
| Coordinates | 38.66685, -90.24410 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Gateway Arch National Park · 4 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 88000437. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.