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John Wilkes Booth's childhood home sold for $415,000
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The childhood home of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin who shot
President Lincoln, was sold at auction Saturday to a local couple who
plan to make it their residence.
Robert and Elizabeth Baker made the winning $415,000 bid for Tudor
Hall in the Baltimore suburb of Bel Air.
Besides being the home of one of the most notorious figures in
U.S. history, Tudor Hall also is regarded as the birthplace of
Shakespearean theater in America. It is listed on the National
Register of H...
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Booth boyhood home put on auction block
Chicago Sun-Times
; 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
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Family home of J.W. Booth too pricey for preservationists: Lincoln assassin's early residence available for about $1 million.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
; 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
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History in jeopardy: Tudor Hall's fate interests Bard fans, Civil War buffs.(Metropolitan Times)(Maryland News)
The Washington Times
; BEL AIR, Md. - It's not exactly a tourist trap or a beautifully preserved landmark, but history buffs, Shakespearean actors and some residents of the Harford County seat can't fathom the sight of Tudor Hall in rubble. The 19th century brick home - best known as the birthplace of presidential
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John Wilkes Booth home to be sold
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; To the dismay of preservationists, the childhood home of presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth is to be auctioned. "There would be a huge public outcry if it were bulldozed," said Gary Sloan, executive director of the Preservation Association for Tudor Hall Inc. "It's become the legacy of the
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Harford purchasing Tudor Hall: 2-story cottage is 19th-century home of America's first Shakespearean actors, the Booths.(Company overview)
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
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