Ruth Paine House

This was a great experience. We visited in Feb 2024. The Ruth Paine house was restored by and is run by the city of Irving. We made reservations online ($12 per person) and met our tour guide at the house. Our group was alone on the tour, which was really nice. We could take our time and our guide answered all our questions.

Kevin was an amazing tour guide. The city of Irving has outdone itself with this historic place. Definitely a gem off the beaten path. Kevin was professional, considerate, and fun with his presentation. The house itself is walking into a time portal. Amazing. Can't say enough about this memorable place.

This is a great opportunity for time traveling. It was a back to the future to the 1960s. Everything was restored. Probably, Marina Oswald was surprised at the capitalism of the USA. You can think about the Oswald family and Ms. Ruth Paine!

I found this opportunity by googling it. You must call ahead so the docent can admit you to the former Irving public library building at the above address.Once there you will pay $12 to view a fascinating 2011 interview with Ruth Paine, the lady who unwittingly housed Lee Harvey Oswald's rifle in the garage of her home in November, 1963.After watching the interview and two short interviews from 1964, you will be driven a short distance to the former Paine home, which has been restored to its 1963 appearance. As you walk about this small home, those who remember the assassination will likely get goose bumps as they consider that Lee and Marina Oswald walked these same floors. You will conclude your tour by entering the garage where the murder weapon was retrieved by Oswald the morning of November 22, 1963 as he was driven to work at the School Book Depository by a coworker who lived a few doors away.

Great little find! The 6th floor museum was closed. But I found this little gem. It's a small house in a little neighborhood. But there's a lot of history you can learn from here. The tour guide, Kevin, was really good in providing information and answering questions. A definite go see for history buffs. We are not but it was still a very interesting experience. The city of Irving did a nice job of bringing the house back to the 60s era. It felt like you were in a time capsule.