Petersen House - View this location on map The house where Abraham Lincoln died was built in 1849 by German immigrant tailor William Petersen. Petersen died in 1871, and in 1893 the house was occupied by the District of Columbia Memorial Association, formed to honor the martyred president. After Congress purchased the property in 1896, it housed the Oldroyd collection of Lincolniana and became a tourist attraction. In 1933, it was transferred to National Park Service. The three-story brick house, distinguished by its Greek Revival door surround and (replicated) Seneca sandstone steps, was restored in 1959. 516 10th Street, NW, Washington , DC Historical

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