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Petersen House

About Petersen House

The Petersen House is a 19th-century federal style row house in the United States in Washington, D.C., located at 516 10th Street NW, several blocks east of the White House. It is known for being the house where President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865 after being shot the previous evening at Ford's Theatre located across the street.

The house was built in 1849 by William A. Petersen, a German tailor. Future vice-president John C. Breckinridge, a friend of the Lincoln family, rented this house in 1852. It served as a boarding house in 1865 and has been a museum since the 1930s, currently administered by the National Park Service.

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Opened
1849

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  1. Petersen House, Washington, D.C.01Washington, D.C.McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Inside Petersen House02Inside Petersen HouseCarol M. Highsmith · Public domain
  3. Lincoln death room03Lincoln death roomThe original uploader was Alkivar at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. Lincoln Death Room04Lincoln Death RoomTompom91 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. House Where Lincoln Died05House Where Lincoln DiedJorfer · Public domain
  6. Petersen House, Washington, D.C.IMG06Washington, D.C.Billy Hathorn · CC0

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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Petersen House; the closest, Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership, is practically next door.