The house in which Lincoln died, at 453 (now 516) 10th Street, NW., was built by

The house in which Lincoln died, at 453 (now 516) 10th Street, NW., was built by

The house in which Lincoln died, at 453 (now 516) 10th Street, NW., was built by William Petersen, a tailor of Swedish descent, in 1849. It is a three-story building, with the basement only slightly below the street level. Since the house had more rooms than the family required, he rented his extra rooms to lodgers