Surratt Boarding House Floor Plan

There john wilkes booth became friends with her son john.

Surratt boarding house floor plan.

Mary surratt even assisted in the plans by storing ammunition and supplies at her family s tavern in surrattsville md. Southern sympathizer mary surratt ran a boarding house that served as a safe house and base of operations for conspirators in lincoln s assassination. 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. Nw post civil war to world war ii.

Surratt boarding house in washington d c. Former boarding house where john wilkes booth met with co conspirators to plan the assassination of abraham lincoln. After her husband died mary surratt rented out her tavern in surrattsville maryland and moved into her boarding house on h street. He turned the house into a boarding house.

After the death of her husband in 1862 mary surratt had to manage his estate and his unpaid debts and angry creditors. 1900 the house left wasn t much different from when mary surratt ran a boarding house at 604 h. During her trial residents of the boarding house testified that mary surratt regularly met with john. 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.

In 1865 who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate u s. Gibson on december 6 1853. 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. Photo print drawing 5.

It was operated as a boarding house by mary surratt from september 1864 to april 1865. Courtesy of wikipedia. Mary surratt was arrested two days after president lincoln s assassination at the boardinghouse. 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. 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. Was the site of meetings of conspirators to kidnap and subsequently to assassinate u s.