Eugene Field House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Eugene Field House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= St. Louis, Missouri
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 37
lat_seconds = 11
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 90
long_minutes = 11
long_seconds = 30
long_direction = W
locmapin = Missouri
area =
built =1845
architect= Unknown
architecture= Federal
designated= March 29, 2007cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=955098390&ResourceType=Building |title=Field House|accessdate=2008-06-23|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = August 19, 1975cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=75002137The Eugene Field House in St. Louis, Missouri was the home of Roswell Field, an attorney for Dred Scott in "Dred Scott v. Sandford". Built in 1829, the house is the only survivor of a group of similar houses called Walsh's Row. Field's son, Eugene Field, was born there and became a noted writer of children's stories. Threatened with demolition, the house was transferred to the St. Louis Board of Education in 1936. It is presently a museum.

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* [http://www.eugenefieldhouse.org/history.html Eugene Field House]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.mo0088 Eugene Field House, 634 South Broadway, Saint Louis, St. Louis City County, MO: 4 drawings, 4 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page] , at Historic American Building Survey