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Surratt Boarding house - MaddieM - 05-15-2013 07:27 AM
I read that at the time of the assassination, the address was not actually 604 H Street. Is this right? That is was numbered 541.
RE: Surratt Boarding house - BettyO - 05-15-2013 08:24 AM
That's correct, Maddie. It was 541 H Street. The Streets changed after the middle half of the 19th Century so the house numbers changed. It is now 604 H Street today.
RE: Surratt Boarding house - LincolnMan - 05-15-2013 08:48 AM
Interesting that the address numbers went a negative number (541) to a positive one (604). You would think it would have stayed odd or even-even with a change in the number.
RE: Surratt Boarding house - KateH. - 05-15-2013 12:18 PM
If the streets were rezoned, that might explain why a negative number changed to a positive. Can a street rezoning do that?
RE: Surratt Boarding house - BettyO - 05-15-2013 03:06 PM
It can in Richmond -
RE: Surratt Boarding house - Jim Garrett - 05-15-2013 08:54 PM
Many cities had a re-numbering of their streets in the last 150 years. Norfolk, Virginia has had a couple of re-numberings. To add to the confusion, Norfolk didn't change all the street numbers at onece. Norfolk sort of evolved their sytem over about 40 years.