Formerly The Texas School Book Depository - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The Texas School Book Depository is located at 411 Elm Street in Dallas, Texas. At approximately 12:30 p.m. on November 22, 1963, the limousine carrying President John F. Kennedy and Texas Governor John B. Connally made the turn from Houston Street onto Elm Street passing directly in front of this building. As the motorcade made its way down Elm Street, Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three-shots from a sixth-floor window, killing President Kennedy and wounding Governor Connally.

Today the building is preserved as "The Sixth Floor Museum” which details the event prior to the assassination and the events that followed. Visitors can see the alleged snipers nest and a number of artifact related to the assassination.

The historical marker is affixed to the Elm Street Entrance of the building and details the history of the building.

Marker Number: 6895 Marker Text: This site was originally owned by John Neely Bryan, the founder of Dallas. During the 1880s French native Maxime Guillot operated a wagon shop here. In 1894 the land was purchased by Phil L. Mitchell, president and director of the Rock Island Plow Company of Illinois. An office building for the firm's Texas division, known as the Southern Rock Island Plow Company, was completed here four years later. In 1901 the five-story structure was destroyed by fire. That same year, under supervision of the company vice president and general manager F. B. Jones, work was completed on this structure. Built to resemble the earlier edifice, it features characteristics of the commercial Romanesque Revival style. In 1937 the Carraway Byrd Corporation purchased the property. Later, under the direction of D. H. Byrd, the building was leased to a variety of businesses, including the Texas School Book Depository. On November 22, 1963, the building gained national notoriety when Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot and killed President John F. Kennedy from a sixth floor window as the presidential motorcade passed the site.

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