Ford 's Theatre - Wikipedia Ford 's Theatre This article is about the theater. For the television series of a similar name, see Ford Theatre. Ford 's Theatre Address 511 10th St, NW Washington, D.C. United States Owner National Park Service Operator Ford 's Theatre Society Type Regional theater Capacity 665 Construction Opened August 1863 Reopened 1968, 2009 Website www.fords.org Ford 's Theatre National Historic Site U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Site Show map of Central Washington, D.C. Show map of the District of Columbia Show map of the US Show all Coordinates 38 ° 53 ′ 48 '' N 77 ° 1 ′ 33 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.89667 ° N 77.02583 ° W ﻿ / 38.89667 ; - 77.02583 Coordinates : 38 ° 53 ′ 48 '' N 77 ° 1 ′ 33 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.89667 ° N 77.02583 ° W ﻿ / 38.89667 ; - 77.02583 Area 0.29 acres ( 0.12 ha ) ( theater alone ) less than one acre ( entire NHS ) Built 1863 Architectural style Late Victorian Visitation 856,079 ( 2005 ) NRHP reference # 66000034 Added to NRHP October 15, 2013 Ford 's Theatre is a theatre located in Washington, D.C., which opened in August 1863. It was the site of the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. After being shot, Lincoln was carried across the street to the Petersen House, where he died the next morning. The theater was later used as a warehouse and office building, and in 1893 part of it collapsed, causing 22 deaths. It was renovated and re-opened as a theater in 1968. During the 2000s, it was renovated again, opening on February 12, 2009, in commemoration of the bicentennial of Lincoln 's birth. A related Center for Education and Leadership museum experience opened February 12, 2012 next to Petersen House. The Petersen House and the theater are preserved together as Ford 's Theatre National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service ; programming within the theater and the Center for Education is overseen separately by the Ford 's Theatre Society. Contents 1 History 1.1 Assassination of President Lincoln 1.2 Disrepair and restoration 2 Ford 's Theatre National Historic Site 3 Petersen House 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History Depiction of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, showing Booth, Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone. View from beneath the balcony. The Presidential Box is at right. The site was originally a house of worship, constructed in 1833 as the second meeting house of the First Baptist Church of Washington, with Obadiah Bruen Brown as the pastor. In 1861, after the congregation moved to a newly built structure, John T. Ford bought the former church and renovated it into a theater. He first called it Ford 's Athenaeum. It was destroyed by fire in 1862, and was rebuilt. Assassination of President Lincoln See also : Assassination of Abraham Lincoln On April 14, 1865 -- just five days after General Lee 's surrender at Appomattox Court House -- Lincoln and his wife attended a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford 's Theatre. The famous actor John Wilkes Booth, desperate to aid the dying Confederacy, made his way into the presidential box and shot Lincoln. Booth then jumped down to the stage, and escaped through a rear door. Following the assassination, the United States Government appropriated the theater, with Congress paying Ford $ 88,000 in compensation, and an order was issued forever prohibiting its use as a place of public amusement. Between 1866 and 1887, the theater was taken over by the U.S. military and served as a facility for the War Department with records kept on the first floor, the Library of the Surgeon General 's Office on the second floor, and the Army Medical Museum on the third. In 1887, the building exclusively became a clerk 's office for the War Department, when the medical departments moved out. Disrepair and restoration See also : United States Congress Joint Committee on the Ford 's Theater Disaster On June 9, 1893, the front part of the building collapsed, killing 22 clerks and injuring another 68. This led some people to believe that the former church turned theater and storeroom was cursed. The building was repaired and used as a government warehouse until 1911. It languished unused until 1918. In 1928, the building was turned over from the War Department Office to the Office of Public Buildings and Parks of the National Capital. A Lincoln museum opened on the first floor of the theater building on February 12, 1932 -- Lincoln 's 123rd birthday. In 1933, the building was transferred to the National Park Service. The restoration of Ford 's Theatre was brought about by the two decade - long lobbying efforts of Democratic National Committeeman Melvin D. Hildreth and Republican North Dakota Representative Milton Young. Hildreth first suggested to Young the need for its restoration in 1945. Through extensive lobbying of Congress, a bill was passed in 1955 to prepare an engineering study for the reconstruction of the building. In 1964, Congress approved funds for its restoration, which began that year and was completed in 1968. On January 21, 1968, Vice President Hubert Humphrey and 500 others dedicated the restored theater. The theater reopened on January 30, 1968, with a gala performance. The presidential box is never occupied. The theater was again renovated during the 2000s. It has a current seating capacity of 665. The re-opening ceremony was on February 11, 2009, which commemorated Lincoln 's 200th birthday. The event featured remarks from President Barack Obama as well as appearances by Katie Couric, Kelsey Grammer, James Earl Jones, Ben Vereen, Jeffrey Wright, the President 's Own Marine Band, Joshua Bell, Patrick Lundy and the Ministers of Music, Audra McDonald and Jessye Norman. Ford 's Theatre National Historic Site The National Historic Site consisting of two contributing buildings, the theater and the Petersen House, was designated in 1932. The Ford 's Theatre Museum beneath the theater contains portions of the Olroyd Collection of Lincolniana. Most recently renovated for a July 2009 reopening, the Museum is run through a partnership with the National Park Service and the private non-profit 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) Ford 's Theatre Society. The collection includes multiple items related to the assassination, including the Derringer pistol used to carry out the shooting, Booth 's diary and the original door to Lincoln 's theater box. In addition, a number of Lincoln 's family items, his coat ( without the blood - stained pieces ), some statues of Lincoln and several large portraits of the President are on display in the museum. The blood - stained pillow from the President 's deathbed is in the Ford 's Theatre Museum. In addition to covering the assassination conspiracy, the renovated museum focuses on Lincoln 's arrival in Washington, his presidential cabinet, family life in the White House and his role as orator and emancipator. The museum also features exhibits about Civil War milestones and generals and about the building 's history as a theatrical venue. The rocking chair in which Lincoln was sitting is now on display at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Petersen House Main article : Petersen House ( Washington, D.C. ) Ford 's Theatre Lincoln died in Petersen House, across from Ford 's Theatre. After Lincoln was shot, doctors had soldiers carry him into the street in search of a house in which he would be more comfortable. A man on the steps of the house of tailor William Petersen beckoned to them. They took Lincoln into the first - floor bedroom and laid him on the bed -- diagonally because of his unusual height. Lincoln died the next morning at 7 : 22 a.m. The Petersen House was purchased by the U.S. government in 1896 as the `` House Where Lincoln Died '', being the federal government 's first purchase of an historic home. The National Park Service has operated it as a historic house museum since 1933, the rooms furnished as on the night Lincoln died. See also Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Memorial Lincoln Tomb Mount Rushmore Theater in Washington, D.C. United States Presidential Memorial President Lincoln 's Cottage References Jump up ^ National Park Service ( 2009 - 03 - 13 ). `` National Register Information System ''. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Jump up ^ `` About Ford 's Theatre ''. fords.org. Jump up ^ Donald, David Herbert ( 1995 ). Lincoln. New York : Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0 - 684 - 80846 - 3. Jump up ^ Smith, Gene ( 1992 ). American Gothic : the story of America 's legendary theatrical family, Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth. New York : Simon & Schuster. p. 154. ISBN 0 - 671 - 76713 - 5. Jump up ^ Goodrich, Thomas ( 2005 ). The Darkest Dawn. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University. p. 97. ISBN 0 - 253 - 32599 - 4. Jump up ^ Anderson, Brian ( 2014 ). Images of America : Ford 's Theatre. Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4671 - 2112 - 5 Jump up ^ Anderson, Brian ( 2014 ). Images of America : Ford 's Theatre. Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4671 - 2112 - 5 Jump up ^ Anderson, Brian ( 2014 ). Images of America : Ford 's Theatre. Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4671 - 2112 - 5 Jump up ^ Eva Reffell, Ford 's Theatre 's Reconstruction : Warehouse, Museum, Pilgrimage Site ( 1865 -- 1968 ), `` Archived copy '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2009 - 02 - 06. Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 03... Jump up ^ The Times News, Henderson, NC https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19680122&id=VFRPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ViQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3896,1364150&hl=en Jump up ^ Theodore Mann, Journeys in the Night : Creating a New American Theatre with Circle in the Square ( NY : Applause Theatre and Cinema Books, 2007 ), 234 - 5 Jump up ^ Swanson, James. Manhunt : The 12 - Day Chase for Lincoln 's Killer. Harper Collins, 2006. ISBN 978 - 0 - 06 - 051849 - 3. pp. 381 -- 2. Jump up ^ Select Traveler Magazine : `` Restored Theaters : Stage presence '' May 13, 2010. http://selecttraveler.com/articles/restored-theaters-stage-presence Jump up ^ `` Ford 's Theater Reopening ''. United Press International. February 11, 2009. Jump up ^ Marks, Peter ( February 12, 2009 ). `` At Historic Ford 's Theatre, an Evening of Tributes to Lincoln 's Legacy ''. The Washington Post. Jump up ^ `` Ford 's Theatre Museum to Unveil New Artifacts ''. The Washington Post. July 9, 2009. Jump up ^ O'Sullivan, Michael ( July 17, 2009 ). `` Ford 's Theatre Museum Reopens ; New Displays Focus on Lincoln 's Life ''. The Washington Post. Jump up ^ Hartley, Allison ( July 22, 2013 ). `` Eccentricities from our Archives : The Man Who Collected Lincoln ''. www.fords.org. The Ford 's Theatre National Historic Site. Retrieved November 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Petersen House ''. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ford 's Theatre. Official NPS website : Ford 's Theatre National Historic Site Ford 's Theatre Society including Center for Education and Leadership, theater Box Office The 1893 collapse of Ford 's Theatre Abraham Lincoln 's Assassination The Life and Plot of John Wilkes Booth Podcast with the curator of Ford 's Theatre from the Speaking of History Podcast -- MP3 file Podcast of the Ranger Talk for visitors from Ford 's Theatre from the Speaking of History Podcast Ford 's Theatre at Google Cultural Institute `` A Living Museum '' ( Slideshow ). 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Question: where is ford's theater in washington dc
Answer: 511 10th St, NW