Ford’s Theatre

Ford's Theatre is a theater in , which opened in 1863. In 1865, it was the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth.
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  • Theater building
  • …is also known as “Ford’s Theater”
  • Description: theater in Washington, DC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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The is a museum… is situated 740 feet northeast of Ford’s Theatre.
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The is a 19th-century federal style row…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Downtown.
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Ford’s Theatre

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Latitude
38.89663° or 38° 53′ 48″ north
Longitude
-77.02565° or 77° 1′ 32″ west
Open location code
87C4VXWF+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 152132898
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­government
Wiki­data ID
Q1416812

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ford’s Theatre” 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”
  • Thai: “โรงละครฟอร์ด”
  • Ukrainian: “Театр Форда”
  • Urdu: “فورڈز تھیٹر”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà hát Ford”
  • Vietnamese: “Rạp hát Ford”

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