Mary Surratt House

The Mary E. Surratt Boarding House in Washington, D.C. was the site of meetings of conspirators to kidnap and subsequently to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. It was operated as a boarding house by Mary Surratt from September 1864 to April 1865.

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Type: Historic building
Description: Washington, D.C. house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators
Also known as: “Mary E Surratt Boarding House”, “Mary E. Surratt Boarding House”, “Mary Elizabeth Surratt Boarding House”, “Mary Surrat House”, “Mary Surratt Boarding House”, and “The Mary Surratt Boarding House”
Address: 600 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: National Mall and Capital One Arena.

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.

Capital One Arena

Stadium

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Capital One Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. Capital One Arena is situated 590 feet south of Mary Surratt House.

National Portrait Gallery

Museum

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The National Portrait Gallery is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. National Portrait Gallery is situated 860 feet southwest of Mary Surratt House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and East End.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

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.

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.

Mary Surratt House

Categories: townhouse, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89964° or 38° 53′ 59″ north

Longitude

-77.0204° or 77° 1′ 13″ west

Elevation

46 feet (14 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXXH+VR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48041364

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

GeoNames ID

4139538

Wikidata ID

Q15249539

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to French—“Mary Surratt House” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Mary E. Surratt Boarding House”
French: “Mary E. Surratt Boarding House”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Penn Quarter and Blagden Alley-Naylor Court Historic District.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Wok and Roll and Deli by PHO 88.

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