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An Apollonaut travel guide
The place behind the detail.
A 1901 warehouse, a public plaza and a museum of memory offer several ways into the history of 22 November 1963.
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A warehouse on Elm Street
The seven-storey brick building at Elm and Houston Streets was built in 1901 and served for decades as a warehouse. In 1963 it was leased to the Texas School Book Depository Company, which distributed school textbooks from it.
Dallas County acquired the building in the 1970s and restored it, returning its exterior to its 1901 appearance. It is now the Dallas County Administration Building.
A museum of memory
The Sixth Floor exhibit opened on 20 February 1989, created in response to the many people who came to Dealey Plaza to learn about the assassination. It is run by the non-profit Dallas County Historical Foundation and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
Its core exhibit, John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation, covers the events of 22 November 1963, the investigations that followed and the assassination’s legacy.
A protected landmark
Dealey Plaza, the former depository and the buildings around the plaza form a National Historic Landmark District designated in 1993, thirty years after the assassination.
This history belongs to the place and the people who lived it. The History page offers a longer introduction, and the timeline gives a short route through selected milestones.
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Sources & further reading
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