National Hotel (Washington, D.C.)

It was located on the northeastern corner of the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Street NW.

[2] During the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers met there.

[3] There were many notable people who resided at the National during their years in Washington.

Two prominent politicians who lived here were Thomas W. Ferry and Henry Clay (who died at the National).

[4][5] John Wilkes Booth had been staying at the National Hotel, in Room 228, the night that he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.