Ford's Theater

The box at Ford's Theater where Lincoln was shot

Ford's Theater is a building in Washington, D.C.. It is most well known as the place where Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth during the play Our American Cousin. It is called Ford's Theater because it was run by a man named Ford during the American Civil War. The building has been rebuilt several times. Before the Civil War, it was used as church. After the Civil War, it was used as a museum, warehouse and office. It is now a National Historic Site.

Ford's Theater Media

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  Depiction of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, showing Booth, Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone

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  View from beneath the balcony. The Presidential Box is on the right.

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  Ford's Theatre, scene of Abraham Lincoln's Assasination

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  Lincoln died in Petersen House, across from Ford's Theatre.