Last updated: May 14, 2026
Place
Petersen House
NPS / Claire Hassler
Quick Facts
Amenities
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Elevator, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Wheelchair Accessible
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.
Inscriptions
Plaque, left front
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
DIED AT THIS HOUSE
APRIL 15, 1865 AT 7:22 A.M.
PURCHASED BY THE UNITED STATES
IN 1896