Dealey Plaza
Dealey Plaza /ˈdiːliː/ is a city park in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas". It was also the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. Thirty minutes after the shooting, Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital. The Dealey Plaza Historic District was named a National Historic Landmark on the 30th anniversary of the assassination, to preserve Dealey Plaza, street rights-of-way, and buildings and structures by the plaza visible from the assassination site, that have been identified as witness locations or as possible locations for the assassin.
Dealey Plaza Historic District | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark District | |
View from southwest, with the former Texas School Book Depository building at left, Dal-Tex Building in center, and the Dallas County Records Annex at right, 2003 | |
Dealey Plaza Historic District Dealey Plaza Historic District | |
| Location | Roughly bounded by Pacific Ave., Market St., Jackson St. and right of way of Dallas Right of Way Management Company, Dallas, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 32°46′43″N 96°48′31″W |
| Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Chicago, Early Commercial, Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 93001607 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 19, 1993 |
| Designated NHLD | October 12, 1993 |
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