Texas School Book Depository

Texas School Book Depository
The Dallas County Administration Building in 2015, formerly the Texas Depository
Texas School Book Depository is located in Texas
Texas School Book Depository
Texas School Book Depository
Texas School Book Depository is located in the United States
Texas School Book Depository
Texas School Book Depository
Former namesSouthern Rock Island Plow Company
Texas School Book Depository
Alternative namesDallas County Administration Building
The Sixth Floor Museum
General information
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
Address411 Elm St.
Dallas, Texas
CountryUnited States
Coordinates32°46′47″N 96°48′30″W / 32.77972°N 96.80833°W / 32.77972; -96.80833
Elevation455 feet (139 m)
Construction started1901; 123 years ago (1901)
Renovated1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Cost$3,040,510
OwnerDallas County
Technical details
Structural systemB-Reinforced Concrete Frame Piers
Floor count8
Floor area80,000 square feet (7,400 m2)[1]
Design and construction
Main contractorRock Island Plow Company
Website
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas Landmark Historic District
Contributing Property
Part of
RTHL No.6895
DLMKHD No.H/2 (West End HD)
Significant dates
Designated CPNovember 14, 1978
Designated NHLDCPOctober 12, 1993
Designated RTHL1981
Designated DLMKHDOctober 6, 1975[3]
Texas historical marker for the Texas School Book Depository

The Texas School Book Depository, now known as the Dallas County Administration Building, is a seven-floor building facing Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The building was Lee Harvey Oswald's vantage point during the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald, an employee at the depository, shot and mortally wounded President Kennedy from a sixth floor window on the building's southeastern corner. Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

The building, located at 411 Elm Street on the northwest corner of Elm and North Houston Streets in downtown Dallas, is a Texas Historic Landmark.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference handbook was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  3. ^ Staff (August 4, 2016). "West End Historic District" (PDF). Department of Urban Planning, City of Dallas. p. 3. Retrieved August 2, 2018.