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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 previous evening, a man who wanted to be a hero for a lost cause had cowardly and callously shot President Lincoln in the back of the head at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., at 10 p.m.
The distinctive second story which stands today was added in 1887. Expanding the house here simply meant adding a second story gabled room to each of the existing three bays. The house mixes Greek Revival and Victorian stylistic impulses. [2] It was built by John Thuesen, who was born near Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1843. He and his family joined ...
Petersen House may also refer to: Petersen House (Sweden), Gamla stan; in the United States (by state, then city) Niels Petersen House, Tempe, Arizona, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Lambrite-Iles-Petersen, Davenport, Iowa, a U.S. Historic district contributing property; Max Petersen House, Davenport, Iowa, NRHP-listed
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They were married on September 1, 1892, and when he returned to his new house in Tempe his new wife accompanied him. Upon completion, Petersen's house was widely considered one of the most elegant homes in the region. Niels Petersen died in Tempe on April 27, 1923, at the age of 78.
When Peterson died in 1927 he was president of more than 12 industrial companies. Peterson, a philanthropist, donated the Lake–Peterson House to the Swedish American Hospital in 1919, provided he and his wife be allowed to remain in it until they died. Peterson's wife died in 1964 and the house became a residence for the hospital's School of ...