The Ford Theatre National Historic Site (Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site ) consists of two parts, the Ford Theatre and the Peterson House, a three-story red brick building across the street. The Ford Theatre was where Lincoln was assassinated. Theatre is still in use now. Petersen House is used as a museum. On April 14, 1865, Lincoln, watching the comedy "Our American Relatives" at the Ford Theatre in Washington, DC, stabbed Lincoln by sympathetic Southern actor Booth and shot him in the head in the upstairs box. President Lincoln was later carried to Peterson House opposite the Ford Theatre, where President Lincoln died at 7:22 the next morning. Later, the Ford Theatre and Peterson House, identified as a national historical site. There is a subway station nearby.