Disaster Buildings: Waffle House

As readers of the Twilight Language know, there is a long history of violence at Waffle Houses. This fact was reinforced by the recent Antioch, Tennessee Waffle House killings of April 22, 2018 (see "Naked Comes The Waffle House Shooter").

Therefore, due to the significance of these locations, I've added a small generic replica of a Waffle House building to my "Buildings of Disaster" collection. (See the previous posting, "The Boyms and Beyond: Collecting Disaster Buildings.")

An American dime for scale.

This example is from the train buildings hobby, and not exactly at the level of the museum quality standard I routinely maintain. But it will do, for now.

I am a member of the Souvenir Building Collectors Society. Most of my 500+ buildings in my collection are metal and/or are other kinds of official souvenirs.

A landmark commemorating the first Waffle House in Avondale Estates Georgia. Photo: Erik S. Lesser. Source, "What Waffle House Means to Southerners," by Bob Moser,  Rollingstone, April 25, 2018.

Own The Texas School Book Depository Building

The Texas School Book Depository Building was rebuilt in 1902 on the foundation of the Rock Island Plow Company's warehouse. The original five-story building was destroyed by fire in 1901. Located in Dealey Plaza in Dallas (the site of the first Masonic Lodge in Texas), the TSBD was the one time employer of Lee Harvey Oswald, who was the lone person charged with the killing of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. 

The original Hertz/Chevrolets sign at the moment of the JFK assassination (12:30 pm), above, was replaced by a Hertz/Fords sign, below, years later.

A replica building of this site has been made by InFocus Tech.  For assassination researchers, it is well worth owning. This model is 3-1/4" tall and is finished in antique pewter. It can be obtained in a brick red finish with gold highlights, also. The original signage and time at the moment of the assassination have been preserved on the top of the TSBD.

I highly recommend it be acquired by serious investigators. Click here. 

(No financial benefit has been received by me from InFocus Tech for my favorable mention of this item. I merely was struck by its detail and wanted to share its discovery with my fellow researchers/collectors of such material.)

Credit: Sketchup