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Petersen House, a 19th-century Federal-style row house across from Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., became one of the nation’s most significant Civil War sites when the mortally wounded Abraham Lincoln was carried there after being shot on the night of April 14, 1865. Operated as a boarding house by then, it provided a room where doctors attended Lincoln through the night while officials gathered under guard. He died there at 7:22 a.m. on April 15 at age 56. Built in 1849 by William A. Petersen, the house has been preserved since 1933 as part of Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, with some original objects from Lincoln’s final hours still remaining.
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