Dealey Plaza - Dallas, TX
N 32° 46.715 W 096° 48.478
14S E 705301 N 3628867
A Dallas City Park named for George B. Dealey who was the publisher of the Dallas Morning News.
Waymark Code: WMEXE
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2006
Views: 90
Dealey Plaza is a Dallas city park completed in 1940 on the west edge of downtown Dallas where three streets converge (Main Street, Elm Street, and Commerce Street) to pass under a railroad bridge known locally as the triple underpass. The plaza is named for George Bannerman Dealey (1859–1946), an early publisher of The Dallas Morning News and civic leader, and the man who had campaigned for the area's revitalization.
Dealey Plaza is became forever etched in the annals of American History when on November 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy’s Motorcade pass through the area on Houston and Elm Streets. As the limousine carrying President Kennedy and Texas Governor John B. Connally moved slowly down Elm Street it is alleged that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots from a sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository, fatally wounding the President and seriously wounding Governor Connally.
Street address: Houston Street Dallas, Texas United States 75202
County / Borough / Parish: City of Dallas, Texas
Year listed: 1993
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Established in 1940 and name for George Dealey and was the site of President Kennedy's Assassination on November 22, 1963
Periods of significance: 1940 - 1963
Historic function: Site of the Kennedy Assassination
Current function: City Park and Historic Landmark
Privately owned?: no
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2006 To: 12/31/2006
Hours of operation: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
National Historic Landmark Link: [Web Link]
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