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William Petersen House: President Lincoln died in this house the morning after being shot across the street at Ford's Theatre.
Located directly across the street from Ford's Theatre, the William Petersen House was built in 1849. On April 14, 1865, doctors and soldiers rushed to find a comfortable place to tend to the dying…
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site: The Ford's Theatre National Historic Site comprises the theatre in which Present Lincoln was shot and the house in which he died.
Ford's Theatre is best known as the site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer and actor. Originally named Ford's New…