Family home of J.W. Booth too pricey for preservationists: Lincoln assassin's early residence available for about $1 million.

From: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: March 2, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Justin Fenton

Mar. 2--When the family home of Abraham Lincoln's assassin was put up for auction in 1999, preservationists and prospective buyers found that the Gothic home had an appearance to match its ill-fated past: The porch was falling apart. The paint was peeling from the cracking walls. The property was in disarray. The fate of the home, many feared, was also in danger. Historians, actors and local officials teamed up to make a play for Tudor Hall, an 8-acre property between Bel Air and Churchville, only to be trumped by a young couple who saw it as their ...

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