Petersen House - 'House Where Lincoln Died' (Downtown/Penn Quarter)

The Petersen House, across from Ford's Theatre, is the boarding house where President Abraham Lincoln was taken after being shot and where he died on April 15, 1865. Preserved as part of the Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, the house contains period rooms and interpretive exhibits about Lincoln's assassination and death. It remains a specific historic site and local landmark within the theater/Old City area.