[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] each week American History tv visits museums and is for places. You are looking at Peterson House here in washington, d. C. Where president Abraham Lincoln passed away in april of 1865. Up next, the boarding house across the street from fords theatre where Abraham Lincoln was shot 150 years ago. This is an interesting house that has a great history even before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. It was built by a german immigrant to america, William Peterson, and he used the house as a boarding house. This is a relic of 19th century civil war boardinghouse culture. Once upon a time, everybody lived in boarding houses senators and even vice president. This house is an important part of and development antebellum and the civil war history. I have been coming here for years, making pilgrimages. I st
Recognize the value of what was in this house and what a number of things including the deathbed and a number of relics in the back room. The band later was purchased by a chicago millionaire, Charles Guenther for 100,000. It is now in chicago with the Chicago Historical society. The Peterson House had an interesting history after lincoln died. It was not immediately seized upon as an Important National monument. The petersons move back in after a few days, borders came back and it became a boarding house again. Then a visionary historian, who loved Abraham Lincoln and was obsessed with honoring lincoln occupied this house. He created a Lincoln Museum in the basement and in these rooms. For small price, visitors from all over the country could come to the house where lincoln died, which was known as coming come to this room. Over decades, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of americans came and visited this room what it was a privately operated museum. It was not until decades la
Immigrant to america, William Petersen, and he used the house as a boardinghouse. Up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. This is a relic of 19th century civil war boardinghouse culture. Once upon a time, everybody lived in boardinghouses, congressmen, senators, even Vice President s lived in group homes. This house is an important part of antebellum and the civil war washington d. C. History. , aside from this being the lincoln death house, this is a great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boardinghouse life in washington, d. C. I have been coming here for years, making pilgrimages. I started coming here in 1986 when i joined the Reagan Administration and i have been coming here for years. And i am very excited that there this year there is going to be a big commemoration for Abraham Lincoln because in past years i am usually here alone. No one comes to the house on the night of the assassination. No one comes to honor lincoln. I might find one or two people when i sit
President s lived in group homes. This house is an important part of and development antebellum and the civil war history. Aside from this being the lincoln death house, this is a great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boardinghouse life in washington. I have been coming here for years, making pilgrimages. I started coming here in 1986 when i joined to the Reagan Administration and i have been coming here for years. And i am very excited that there is going to be a big commemoration for Abraham Lincoln because in past years i am usually here alone. No one comes to the house on the night of the assassination. No one comes to honor lincoln. I might find one or two people when i sit on the steps of the Petersen House and contemplate what happened. Couple of years ago, the Parks Service almost arrested me sitting on the steps because the guard accused me of being a homeless loiterer, and i tried to convince them that i had written books and set on the the served on the council
From fords theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot 150 years ago. James this is an interesting house that has a great history even before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. This house was built in the early 1850s by a german immigrant to america, William Petersen, and he used the house as a boardinghouse. Up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. This is a relic of 19th century civil war boardinghouse culture. Once upon a time, everybody lived in boardinghouses, congressmen, senators, even Vice President s lived in group homes. This house, aside from the history of being where Abraham Lincoln died, is an important part of antebellum and the civil war washington, d. C. , history. Aside from this being the lincoln death house, this is a great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boardinghouse life in washington, d. C. I have been coming here for years, making pilgrimages. I started coming here in 1986 when i joined the reagan administration, and i have been coming here for years