Elm Street

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Elm Street is a notable street in downtown Dallas, Texas, best known as the site of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Elm Street (Dallas) 3
Elm Street, Dallas 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf street
transportation infrastructure
associatedWith John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
United States presidential motorcade
Warren Commission
city Dallas, Texas
surface form: Dallas
connectsTo Griffin Street (Dallas)
Houston Street
surface form: Houston Street (Dallas)

Market Street (Dallas)
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfEvent 1963-11-22
district West End Historic District
surface form: West End Historic District (vicinity)
hasCoordinateRegion Dealey Plaza
surface form: Dealey Plaza historic district
hasLanes multiple traffic lanes
hasMarking painted X marking approximate assassination location (periodically present)
hasMemorial John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in Dallas
surface form: John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza (nearby)
hasNearbyLandmark Dallas County Courthouse
Dealey Plaza
surface form: Dealey Plaza National Historic Landmark District

Old Red Museum
hasNotableEvent fatal shooting of John F. Kennedy
motorcade of John F. Kennedy on 22 November 1963
wounding of Texas Governor John Connally
hasPedestrianAccess sidewalks
hasRoadSurface asphalt
hasSection Elm Street viaduct
hasTraffic motor vehicles
knownFor Dealey Plaza
assassination of John F. Kennedy
locatedIn Dallas County, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Downtown Dallas
Texas
United States of America
surface form: United States
near Commerce Street
surface form: Commerce Street (Dallas)

Grassy Knoll
Houston Street
surface form: Houston Street (Dallas)

Main Street
surface form: Main Street (Dallas)

Texas School Book Depository
orientation roughly east–west
partOf Dallas street grid
Dealey Plaza
surface form: Dealey Plaza National Historic Landmark District
passesThrough Dealey Plaza
roadType urban street
state Texas
subjectOf assassination conspiracy theories
historical tours in Dallas
touristAttraction yes

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grassy Knoll adjacentTo Elm Street
Houston Street hasJunctionWith Elm Street
subject surface form: Houston Street (Dallas)
this entity surface form: Elm Street (Dallas)
Dealey Plaza hasPart Elm Street
Houston Street near Elm Street
subject surface form: Houston Street (Dallas)
this entity surface form: Elm Street (Dallas)
this entity surface form: Elm Street, Dallas
Commerce Street parallelTo Elm Street
this entity surface form: Elm Street (Dallas)