Herndon House

[BettyO]

Apparently, the Herndon House went under "new management" after the assassination.

In lieu of the notoriety of the Murray's former boarder, conspirator Lewis Powell who registered as "Mr. Kincheloe", (name of another of Mosby's troopers) and was assigned to Room # 6 on the 3rd floor, front, the erstwhile landlord and landlady decided that enough was enough and sold the place after the trial and execution of their boarder. The fact that it was brought out (although we don't know how legitimate was the contention) that JWB, Herold and Atzerodt also frequented Powell's room on the night of the assassination, didn't bode well for the reputation of the Murray's establishment as well.

Recently, Linda Anderson found this add for a "New and Improved" Herndon House in the 1867 Washington DC City Directory. The Herndon House was therefore listed as being "Under New Management"....

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