The Petersen House, the Oldroyd Museum and the House Where Lincoln Died

by Alan E. Hunter

The Petersen House was one of many similar, ordinary buildings on Tenth Street during the Civil War. On April 15, 1865, the home became forever known as the "House Where Lincoln Died." Over the next six decades, three families occupied the building as a home, a business, and finally, as a museum. Within a decade after the death of Abraham Lincoln, the home's namesakes were dead of suspicious causes, their possessions auctioned and their family forever...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634992598
• ISBN13: 9781634992596
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"