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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 best 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 bed that Lincoln occupied in the Petersen House and other items from the bedroom were bought by Chicago collector Charles F. Gunther and are now owned by and on display at the Chicago History Museum. [1] [2]
John Crombie Cochrane (1835–1887) [1] was a prominent architect in the 19th century practicing in Chicago, Illinois. [2] He formed Cochrane and Garnsey with George O. Garnsey . He began work in Davenport, Iowa in 1856, moving to St. Louis in 1858 after the Panic of 1857 . [ 3 ]
The Petersen House looked like a place anyone may want to stay while conducting business in Washington, D.C. A recreation of Lincoln's coffin making its way back home.
The Belden Stratford is an apartment building and former hotel in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. It is located across the street from the Lincoln Park Zoo and Lincoln Park Conservatory. [2] The structure was built in the 1920s and renovated between 1989 and 1990. [3] Notable guests over the years included Louis Armstrong and Gloria ...
The Sherman House (sometimes called, Hotel Sherman) was a hotel in Chicago, Illinois that operated from 1837 until 1973, with four iterations standing at the same site at the northwest corner of Randolph Street and Clark Street. Long one of the city's major hotels, the hotel's fortunes declined in the 1950s amid changes to its surrounding area ...
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