Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
Ford's Theatre is a theater in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1863. In 1865, it was the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: theater in Washington, DC
- Also known as: “Ford Theater”, “Ford’s Theater”, “Ford’s Theatre”, “Fords Opera House”, “Lincoln Museum”, “Lincoln-Museum”, and “Musee Lincoln”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Mall and Petersen House.
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
Petersen House
Museum
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown and East End.
Downtown
Suburb
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Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
East End
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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Logan Circle
Neighborhood
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسرح فورد”
- Armenian: “Ֆորդի թատրոն”
- Basque: “Ford Antzokia”
- Bulgarian: “Театър на Форд”
- Chinese: “福特剧院”
- Chinese: “福特劇院”
- Cornish: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Czech: “Fordovo divadlo”
- Dutch: “Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site”
- Dutch: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح فورد”
- Esperanto: “Teatro Ford”
- French: “théâtre Ford”
- French: “Théâtre Ford”
- Georgian: “ფორდის თეატრი”
- German: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Hebrew: “תיאטרון פורד”
- Indonesian: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Indonesian: “Teater Ford”
- Italian: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Italian: “Teatro Ford”
- Japanese: “フォード劇場”
- Korean: “포드 극장”
- Malayalam: “ഫോർഡ് തീയേറ്റർ”
- N'Ko: “ߝߐߙߘ ߕߋߦߊߕߙߌ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Norwegian: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Persian: “تئاتر فورد”
- Persian: “تیاتر فورد”
- Polish: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Portuguese: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Portuguese: “Teatro Ford”
- Russian: “Театр Форда”
- Scots: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Slovenian: “Ford’s Theatre”
- Spanish: “Teatro Ford”
- Swedish: “Fordteatern”
- Ukrainian: “Театр Форда”
- Urdu: “فورڈز تھیٹر”
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Highlights include The House Where Lincoln Died and National Union Building.
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