Going back in time to my visit from June 2016, I took pictures but did not add this business to Yelp then. So here we go.
This marker is in Dealey Plaza https://www.yelp.com/biz/dealey-plaza-dallas?hrid=EwSLKlO3bF70uVNHOaLi3A mounted on the wall of the infamous Texas School Book Depository https://www.yelp.com/biz/sixth-floor-museum-at-dealey-plaza-dallas?hrid=1AN0BgvGaOQPy_SzA6LvLQ, the building known for the events of November 22, 1963 when United States President John F. Kennedy was shot.
The marker reads, "Formerly the Texas School Book Depository Building. 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. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1980."
What is particularly remarkable is that the marker indicates the word "allegedly" because Oswald was never convicted of the crime as he was murdered by Jack Ruby before any trial could be performed. As well, the word "allegedly" has been circled so many times that the paint around the word is reduced.
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