The house at 1026 N. Beckley Avenue in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas was the temporary residence of Lee Harvey Oswald at the time of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. Oswald rented a room at this house for $8 a week, beginning October 14, 1963, under the name O.H. Lee.Warren Commission Hearings, Volume X p. 294 Testimony of Mrs. Arthur Carl (Gladys J.) Johnson The building is located approximately from the Texas School Book Depository, where Oswald began working on October 16.

History Built in 1935, the three-bedroom home was bought by Gladys Johnson in 1943. It is now within the Lake Cliff historic district. Johnson's granddaughter, Patricia Hall, restored Oswald's bedroom and maintains the living room as it was in 1963 when Johnson's housekeeper, Earlene Roberts, was interviewed there after the assassination. Since 2009, she has opened the house for paid tours as the Oswald Rooming House Museum.

Kennedy assassination Beginning October 14, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald rented a small room in the Johnson house for $8 a week. He slept there on weeknights, and went back on weekends to suburban Irving, where his wife and children were living. On the date of the assassination, November 22, Oswald returned to his room immediately after shooting President John F. Kennedy from a sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository. According to housekeeper Roberts, Oswald entered the home in a "hurry", grabbed a jacket and left on foot three to four minutes later. He made no comment to Earlene when she told him about the Kennedy assassination, which was now all over the news and on TV.Warren Commission Hearings, Volume VI p. 434 Testimony of Mrs. Earlene Roberts

Shortly thereafter, Oswald was confronted by Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit less than away from the house. After exchanging a few words, Oswald fatally shot Tippit; a short time later, he was arrested at the Texas Theatre.

See also Ruth Paine Home, the house in Irving where Oswald spent the night before the assassination with his wife

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External links Oswald Rooming House Museum on Facebook Housekeeper Earlene Roberts Interview - CBS news (YouTube)