Surratt Boarding House Floor Plan

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.

Surratt boarding house floor plan.

Courtesy of wikipedia. After the death of her husband in 1862 mary surratt had to manage his estate and his unpaid debts and angry creditors. Mary surratt boarding house matthew h ward. 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.

In 1865 who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate u s. Gibson on december 6 1853. 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. Nw post civil war to world war ii.

There john wilkes booth became friends with her son john. Mary surratt was arrested two days after president lincoln s assassination at the boardinghouse. Surratt boarding house in washington d c. John surratt bought the modest house from an augustus a.

Interior second floor front room mary surratt boarding house 604 h street northwest washington district of columbia dc photos from survey habs dc 787. Photo print drawing 5. Was the site of meetings of conspirators to kidnap and subsequently to assassinate u s. He turned the house into a boarding house.

1900 the house left wasn t much different from when mary surratt ran a boarding house at 604 h. After her husband died mary surratt rented out her tavern in surrattsville maryland and moved into her boarding house on h street. Southern sympathizer mary surratt ran a boarding house that served as a safe house and base of operations for conspirators in lincoln s assassination. During her trial residents of the boarding house testified that mary surratt regularly met with john.

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. Mary elizabeth jenkins surratt 1820 or may 1823 july 7 1865 was an american boarding house owner in washington d c. Former boarding house where john wilkes booth met with co conspirators to plan the assassination of abraham lincoln.