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Surratt House Museum (Visit this link)

Built in 1852 as a middle-class plantation home, historic Surratt House also
served as a tavern and hostelry, a post office, and polling place during the
crucial decade before the Civil War. During the war, it was a safehouse for the
Confederate underground which flourished in Southern Maryland. It was the
country home of Mary Surratt, first woman to be executed by the United States
government after being found guilty of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to
assassinate Abraham Lincoln.



Restored in 1976 by The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission,
today the museum presents a variety of programs and events, recapturing the
history of mid-19th century life and focusing on the fascinating web of the
Lincoln conspiracy.

http://www.surratt.org