Then and now: Sites from Lincoln's assassination

By Brenna Williams, CNN

Updated 1903 GMT (0303 HKT) February 5, 2016

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An early 20th century photo shows the building that housed Mary Surratt's Washington, D.C., boarding house — the site where conspirators plotted against President Abraham Lincoln. Library of Congress

A 2010 photo shows what used to be Surratt's boarding house but is now a restaurant and karaoke bar. Carol Highsmith

The exterior of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., is pictured in 1865. After Lincoln's assassination, the space was sold to the government and remained closed until 1968. Library of Congress

Ford's Theatre received an extensive renovation in the early 2000s. It is operated through a partnership between the National Park Service and Ford's Theatre Society. Maxwell MacKenzie

The State Box at Ford's Theatre was photographed shortly after Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865. The president was seated in the box with first lady Mary Todd Lincoln and two guests. Library of Congress

The State Box at Ford's Theatre is pictured in present day. The portrait of George Washington is the same one that hung on the box on the night of the assassination in 1865. There is a nick on the frame where John Wilkes Booth's spur struck it as he jumped from the box to the stage after he shot Lincoln. Brenna Williams

The Surratt Tavern in Surrattsville, Maryland, is pictured in 1900. Booth and co-conspirator David Herold retrieved guns from the tavern after escaping to Maryland on the night of the Lincoln assassination. Surratt House Museum

In 1965, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission acquired the former Surratt Tavern. After restoration, the building in present-day Clinton, Maryland, opened as a museum in 1976. Brenna Williams