Texas School Book Depository
Texas School Book Depository (TSBD) is the former name of a warehouse and office building on Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas , Texas . According to the Warren Commission report , Lee Harvey Oswald is said to have shot American President John F. Kennedy from a window on the fifth (American counting: sixth) floor on November 22, 1963 .
The six-story brick building was built in 1901 in the neo-Romanesque style. At the time of the attack , the building was serving as one of two Texas state textbook storage locations. On the roof of the building was a Hertz billboard with a large digital clock.
According to the official investigation commission, Lee Harvey Oswald , an employee of the house, fired three shots on November 22, 1963 at the motorcade of the American President John F. Kennedy , which was located immediately in front of the building on Elm Street. Kennedy was fatally hit by two bullets.
Police began searching the building for the perpetrator 90 seconds after the shooting. The motorcycle policeman Marion Baker found Oswald in the canteen on the first floor. After Roy Truly , the manager of the TSBD, explained to the police officer that Oswald was an employee of the house, the latter left him. Oswald left the building a short time later through the main entrance.
In 1970 the textbook warehouse left the building, which was auctioned off to the music producer Aubrey Mayhew. In 1977 the Texas School Book Depository became the property of Dallas County . The first five floors were used as normal office space for the county government after a renovation of the building from 1981. The upper two floors have housed the so-called Sixth Floor Museum since 1989, which has been working through the events of the Kennedy assassination using original exhibits and texts. The Texas School Book Depository is the Contributing Property of the Dealey Plaza Historic District, which was entered as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places in April 1993 and was also granted the status of a National Historic Landmark six months later . The building is also part of the West End Historic District , which was created in November 1978.
Web links
- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
- Dealey Plaza Cam - A webcam from the alleged assassin's place
Individual evidence
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↑ Dealey Plaza Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places , accessed February 24, 2020.
Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Texas. National Park Service , accessed February 24, 2020. - ^ Westend Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places , accessed February 24, 2020.
Coordinates: 32 ° 46 ′ 47 " N , 96 ° 48 ′ 30" W.