Ford's Theatre is where President Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865. Today, Ford's Theatre is a living legacy to Lincoln's love of people and the performing arts, offering four live productions annually. A museum provides context to Lincoln's assasination. <br /><br />Designer and builder: James J. Gifford
The Petersen House at 516 10th street was the home of William and Anna Petersen that doubled as a boarding house. On the night of April 14, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded across the street at Ford's Theatre. Lincoln was carried to a back bedroom in this house, where he died the next morning. <br /><br />Inscriptions<br />Plaque, left front<br />ABRAHAM LINCOLN<br />DIED AT THIS HOUSE<br />APRIL 15, 1865 AT 7:22 A.M.<br />PURCHASED BY THE UNITED STATES<br />IN 1896<br />
American author Nathaniel Hawthorne observed in the 1860s that "the Willard Hotel more justly could be called the center of Washington than either the Capitol or the White House or the State Department." From 1847 when the enterprising Willard brothers, Henry and Edwin, first set up as innkeepers on the corner of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, the Willard has occupied a unique niche in the history of Washington and the nation.
