House Where Lincoln Died
Petersen House
1865 was perhaps the most consequential year in presidential history, when, on the 14th of April, John Wilkes Booth, a prominent actor at Ford's Theatre and Confederate sympathizer shot President Lincoln in his balcony seat. Attendants carried Lincoln across the street to a small bedroom in the small row-house across the street, but the doctors were unable to save the president. He died early morning the next day. This isn't so much a museum—it's just a small room with a few plaques, recreated to look as it did on that day. The house is operated by the National Park Service, and visited via tours from Ford's Theatre.
- Address
- 516 10th St NW
- Getting there
- across the street from Ford's Theatre
- Hours
- 9AM-5PM daily
- Price
- Free
- Phone
- +12023474833
- Website
- nps.gov (opens in a new tab)
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