CSPAN3 American Artifacts April 27, 2015
Immigrant to america, William Petersen, and he used the house as a boardinghouse. Up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. This is a relic of 19th century civil war boardinghouse culture. Once upon a time, everybody lived in boardinghouses, congressmen, senators, even Vice President s lived in group homes. This house is an important part of antebellum and the civil war washington d. C. History. , aside from this being the lincoln death house, this is a great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boardinghouse life in washington, d. C. I have been coming here for years, making pilgri...
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