Shelley House (St. Louis, Missouri)
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| Location | 4600 Labadie Ave., St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°40′0″N 90°14′38″W / 38.66667°N 90.24389°W |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architect | H.C. Miller |
| Architectural style | [1] |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000437 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 18, 1988[2] |
| Designated NHL | December 14, 1990[1] |
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.
The house is a two-story brick rowhouse, typical of many found in St. Louis, in the Fairground district of St. Louis. The house retains integrity of design and construction from the date of its construction and the date of its historic significance. The house is arranged with apartments upstairs and downstairs, entered by separate doors from the front porch. The framed front porch rests on brick pillars, with wood columns supporting the shed roof. Both levels follow a four-room plan, flanked by a side hall. The front rooms feature a fireplace. An addition to the rear houses a bedroom on both levels.[3]
