Texas school book depository floor plan

Housing the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza, location from which lee harvey oswald assassinated president john kennedy on november 22, 1963. The film was used as evidence in the case against lee harvey oswald, who shot kennedy from a sixth floor window at the texas school book depository. The sixth floor museum at dealey plaza is located in the former texas school book depository where significant evidence of a sniper was found following the assassination of president john f. A reflective environment for people of all ages seeking information and understanding about the assassination and legacy of jfk. History of the texas school book depository building the.

The texas book depository was sold to the city of dallas, who now uses the first five floors as administrative offices. The sixth floor museum the sixth floor museum at dealey. If, as many contend, there were other shooters in the tsbd, they would have had to enter and exit the building. Buell wesley frazier drove lee harvey oswald to work on nov. A complete floor plan for the texas schoolbook depository. Texas school book depository building faq the sixth floor. Buell wesley frazier drove lee harvey oswald to work on. The sixth floor museum texas school book depository travel. The texas school book depository, now known as the dallas county administration building, is a sevenfloor building facing dealey plaza in dallas, texas. The texas school book depository, now known as the dallas county administration building, is a seven floor building facing dealey plaza in dallas, texas.

Map of sixth floor of texas school book depository the portal to. More information about the history of the texas school book depository building and the development of the sixth floor museum can be found in the book, assassination and commemoration. Copy negative of a 6th floor school book depository map. Texas school book depository the sixth floor museum.

The architectural history of the jfk assassination site arts. A tour of lee harvey oswalds bizarre path after killing jfk. To order museum retail merchandise, please call 214. Map of the southeast corner of the texas school book depositorys 6th floor. The fbi release of the floor plan of the texas school book. Now that we know the position of the columns on the first floor, we can estimate with very good accuracy their placement locations on the higher floors. In the summer 1963 the texas school book depository company moved their. The building is owned by dallas county, which occupies the first five floors. The texas school book depository company, a school textbook distribution firm, leased the building with regional textbook publishing firms also officing in. Photograph taken on the second floor of the texas school book depository. The museum operates on the sixth and seventh floors. A short presentation of an fbi official document showing floor plans, photographs and parking lots for the texas book depository building in november, 1963.

The museum presents the social and political landscape of the early 1960s, chronicles president kennedys assassination and its aftermath, and. Even the floors that appear to be quite open on the diagrams, e. The architectural history of the jfk assassination site. But oswald did not realize that shelley was part of a plan to make sure that he. The sixth floor museum is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that depends upon the generosity of donors for support. Plan your visit the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza. What physics reveals about the jfk assassination history. Artifacts categories the sixth floor museum at dealey. All purchases directly support museum exhibits and programming.