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D.C.'s Ford's Theatre closes for repairs Sat Jun 2, 10:00 AM ET
Online at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/...ford_s_theatre
The theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot will be getting an $8.5 million upgrade over the next year and a half.
The improvements to Ford's Theatre will include its first elevator, new restrooms and renovations to the heating, air conditioning, lighting and sound systems, the National Park Service said.
The 144-year-old theater last underwent restoration in the 1960s, said Park Service spokesman Bill Line. The repairs are being done in part to improve access for the disabled.
The closure was announced Thursday. Petersen House, the home across the street where Lincoln died, will still be open to tourists.
The Park Service hopes to reopen the theater in November 2008. About 1 million people visit each year.
The Ford's Theatre Society's production of "A Christmas Carol" will run as usual from late November through December, said Hannah Olanoff, a spokeswoman for the society.
John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, shot Lincoln in the back of the head the evening of April 14, 1865, as he sat with his wife in a private box watching the comedy "Our American Cousin." Lincoln was carried to the Petersen house and died the next morning
Online at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/...ford_s_theatre
The theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot will be getting an $8.5 million upgrade over the next year and a half.
The improvements to Ford's Theatre will include its first elevator, new restrooms and renovations to the heating, air conditioning, lighting and sound systems, the National Park Service said.
The 144-year-old theater last underwent restoration in the 1960s, said Park Service spokesman Bill Line. The repairs are being done in part to improve access for the disabled.
The closure was announced Thursday. Petersen House, the home across the street where Lincoln died, will still be open to tourists.
The Park Service hopes to reopen the theater in November 2008. About 1 million people visit each year.
The Ford's Theatre Society's production of "A Christmas Carol" will run as usual from late November through December, said Hannah Olanoff, a spokeswoman for the society.
John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, shot Lincoln in the back of the head the evening of April 14, 1865, as he sat with his wife in a private box watching the comedy "Our American Cousin." Lincoln was carried to the Petersen house and died the next morning
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