John Wilkes Booth and Philadelphia's Arch Street Theatre

[Barry Doohan]

Last weekend, there was a very good article about JWB and his acting career in the Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News website. It includes interviews with a distant descendant who lives in the area, as well as some quotes from Terry Alford. Compared to many newspaper articles, the writer did an excellent job with the interviews and sources. The articvle references a Callowhill Street address for Asia, I thought Asia and John Sleeper Clarke lived on Arch St at the time of the assassination. It's interesting that when Louis Weichmann moved back to Phila to live with his parents after 1865. his parents also lived on Callowhill about 3-4 blocks from the Clarke address. Callowhill now reflects late 19th-early 20th century buildings. At most there might be 1-2 homes from the Civil War along Callowhill. The link is below:

http://articles.philly.com/2013-03-04/ne...h-assassin