John F Kennedy Memorial
The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial is a monument to United States president John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States, erected in 1970, and designed by noted architect Philip Johnson.- Type: Memorial
- Description: memorial in the United States
- Also known as: “John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dealey Plaza and Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
Dealey Plaza
Park
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dealey Plaza is a city park in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas", and was the location of the assassination of John F.
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Museum
Photo: Per-Olof Forsberg, CC BY 2.0.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is a museum located on the sixth floor of the Dallas County Administration Building, formerly the Texas School Book Depository, in downtown Dallas, Texas, overlooking Dealey Plaza at the intersection of Elm and Houston Streets. Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is situated 710 feet northwest of John F Kennedy Memorial.
Dallas County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Leaflet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dallas County Courthouse, built in 1892 of red sandstone with rusticated marble accents, is a historic governmental building located at 100 South Houston Street in Dallas, Texas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West End Historic District and Downtown Dallas.
West End Historic District
Neighborhood
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The West End Historic District of Dallas, Texas, is a historic district that includes a 67.5-acre area in northwest downtown, generally north of Commerce, east of I-35E, west of Lamar and south of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway.
Downtown Dallas
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Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District of the city of Dallas. Traditionally defined as the area within the belt of freeways surrounding the centre, it is now deemed to have expanded to an area known as Uptown, north of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway thanks to the new walkable Klyde Warren Park, while in the east the center spills across US-75 into the Deep Ellum neighborhood.
Dallas
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Dallas, with a population of more than 1.3 million residents, is the ninth largest city in the United States and the third largest in the state of Texas.
John F Kennedy Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.77872° or 32° 46′ 43″ northLongitude
-96.80644° or 96° 48′ 23″ westHeight
30 feet (9.1 metres)Open location code
8645Q5HV+FCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1390843350OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q6233329
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“John F Kennedy Memorial” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “約翰·甘迺迪紀念館”
- French: “John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial”
- Japanese: “ジョン・F・ケネディ記念碑”
- Japanese: “ジョン・フィッツジェラルド・ケネディ・メモリアル”
- Persian: “یادبود جان فیتزجرالد کندی”
- Spanish: “Monumento conmemorativo de John Fitzgerald Kennedy”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include John F Kennedy Memorial Park and Founders Plaza.
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