24-05-2014, 03:23 PM
I wonder if anyone was ever arrested for the arson? There are more details about the Tennessee buyer. He intended to turn the whole building into a Kennedy museum but couldn't quite put together the money, and then came the arson, after which the Byrd's foreclosed, and apparently planned to tear it down.
It's also now called the Dallas County Administration Building and houses the seat of Dallas County government. (I am not pleased by the symbolism of that). It was purchased in 1977 by Dallas County who had a bond issue to raise taxpayer money for the purchase to keep it from being torn down. It should be noted that Dallas County's bond issue wasn't apparently intended to preserve the 6th floor as a museum, since they had to get a separate grant for that purpose.
It's also now called the Dallas County Administration Building and houses the seat of Dallas County government. (I am not pleased by the symbolism of that). It was purchased in 1977 by Dallas County who had a bond issue to raise taxpayer money for the purchase to keep it from being torn down. It should be noted that Dallas County's bond issue wasn't apparently intended to preserve the 6th floor as a museum, since they had to get a separate grant for that purpose.