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.Photo: Difference engine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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 include 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
Capital One Arena is an 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
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
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.89964° or 38° 53′ 59″ northLongitude
-77.0204° or 77° 1′ 13″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
87C4VXXH+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 48041364OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingGeoNames ID
4139538Wikidata 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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