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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 />
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