Surratt Boarding House Floor Plan

He turned the house into a boarding house.

Surratt boarding house floor plan.

During her trial residents of the boarding house testified that mary surratt regularly met with john. President abraham lincoln sentenced to death she was hanged and became the first woman executed by the us federal government she maintained her innocence until her death and the case against. Surratt boarding house in washington d c. After the death of her husband in 1862 mary surratt had to manage his estate and his unpaid debts and angry creditors.

Nw post civil war to world war ii. After her husband died mary surratt rented out her tavern in surrattsville maryland and moved into her boarding house on h street. Was the site of meetings of conspirators to kidnap and subsequently to assassinate u s. In 1865 who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate u s.

Mary surratt was arrested two days after president lincoln s assassination at the boardinghouse. The building has since been renumbered 604 h street nw and the first floor of the building is now a chinese restaurant called wok roll. She became connected to the lincoln assassination because she rented rooms to john wilkes booth and his conspirators prior to the attack on president lincoln. The mary elizabeth surratt boarding house is an 1843 vernacular greek revival dwelling that mary surratt operated as a boarding house from september 1864 through april 1865.

Mary surratt boarding house matthew h ward. Southern sympathizer mary surratt ran a boarding house that served as a safe house and base of operations for conspirators in lincoln s assassination. Photo print drawing 5. Mary surratt even assisted in the plans by storing ammunition and supplies at her family s tavern in surrattsville md.

John surratt bought the modest house from an augustus a. Mary elizabeth jenkins surratt 1820 or may 1823 july 7 1865 was an american boarding house owner in washington d c. It was operated as a boarding house by mary surratt from september 1864 to april 1865. Gibson on december 6 1853.

Former boarding house where john wilkes booth met with co conspirators to plan the assassination of abraham lincoln. During this period john wilkes booth visited the boarding house both socially and to meet with other members of the conspiracy while planning president abraham lincoln s assassination. Courtesy of wikipedia.