Booth boyhood home put on auction block

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: September 4, 1999| Author: LISA RESPERS | Copyright information

For years, people have just wanted to ignore the Gothic-style house at the end of a country road outside Bel Air, Md.

Tudor Hall, after all, occupied a dubious place in American history: at one time home to both world-renowned Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth and his brother, John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

Now, the four-bedroom brick dwelling is attracting national interest, with an Oct. 16 auction prompting a desperate rush by everyone from history buffs to ...

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