Dallas, Texas: Lee Harvey Oswald's Boarding Room
John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, roomed in this Oak Cliff boarding house starting in October 1963, while he worked at the Texas Book Depository. See his bed, and the dresser where he kept his murderous pistol. Sign on the front lawn identifies the house.
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Lee Harvey Oswald's rooming house, where he lived at on 11/22/63. Retrieved his revolver here before shooting police officer JD Tippit a few minutes later near 10th and Patton streets.
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Where Lee Harvey Oswald lived in the back garage of this Oak Cliff home in 1963.
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Lee Harvey Oswald's Boarding Room
- Address:
- 1026 North Beckley Ave., Dallas, TX
- Directions:
- East side of N. Beckley Ave., just south of N. Zang Blvd. No trespassing.
- Admission:
- Owner Patricia Hall offers private tours for $40 per person.
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