Ford's Theatre

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historic theater performing arts venue tourist attraction

Ford's Theatre is a historic playhouse in Washington, D.C., best known as the site where President Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot in 1865.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Ford’s Theatre 3
Ford's Theatre (indirectly, via his father's assassination) 1
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., United States 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic theater ⓘ
performing arts venue ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle 19th-century American theater architecture ⓘ
assassin John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
connectedTo Petersen House ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentFunction museum ⓘ
working theater ⓘ
dateOfLincolnAssassination 1865-04-14 ⓘ
dateOfLincolnDeath 1865-04-15 ⓘ
event Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
surface form: assassination of Abraham Lincoln
functionDuring20thCentury museum ⓘ
functionDuringReconstructionEra office building ⓘ
hasBalcony yes ⓘ
hasCommemoration memorials to Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
hasEducationalPrograms yes ⓘ
hasExhibit Civil War-era artifacts ⓘ
Lincoln assassination exhibits ⓘ
hasNearbySite Petersen House ⓘ
hasSeatingType proscenium theater seating ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.fords.org/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
U.S. National Historic Site ⓘ
surface form: National Historic Site
knownFor American Civil War history ⓘ
assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Downtown Washington, D.C. ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter John T. Ford ⓘ
notableFeature presidential box ⓘ
operator Ford's Theatre Society ⓘ
National Park Service ⓘ
originalFunction playhouse ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: U.S. federal government
partOf National Capital Parks-East sites ⓘ
surface form: National Mall and Memorial Parks
presidentialBoxUsedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
reconstructionCompleted 1960s ⓘ
reopenedAsTheater 1968 ⓘ
streetAddress 511 10th Street NW ⓘ
subjectOf historical research on Lincoln assassination ⓘ
tourType guided tours ⓘ
self-guided tours ⓘ
victimOfAssassination Abraham Lincoln ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Petersen House → associatedWith → Ford's Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ford’s Theatre
this entity surface form: Ford's Theatre (indirectly, via his father's assassination)
Northwest Washington, D.C. → contains → Ford's Theatre ⓘ
Edman Spangler → employer → Ford's Theatre ⓘ
Downtown Washington, D.C. → hasLandmark → Ford's Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ford’s Theatre area
Petersen House → locatedNear → Ford's Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ford’s Theatre
Metro Center station → nearbyAttraction → Ford's Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ford’s Theatre
Petersen House → partOf → Ford's Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
play "Our American Cousin" → performedAt → Ford's Theatre ⓘ
subject surface form: Our American Cousin
John Wilkes Booth → placeOfAssassination → Ford's Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., United States
Edman Spangler → workedAt → Ford's Theatre ⓘ