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Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
06-03-2013, 06:57 AM
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Kirkwood House Room Key Holder
Many thanks to forum member Dan Craig for sending this image. Friends of Dan's were relic hunting/metal detecting, and they found a Kirkwood House key holder. Too bad it's not for room 126 - George Atzerodt's room!

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06-03-2013, 07:20 AM (This post was last modified: 06-03-2013 07:24 AM by BettyO.)
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WOW! What a WONDERFUL find!! Yes....too bad it wasn't George's room....Now, if we can only find the key to Powell's room at the Herndon House!


I didn't notice that it said "Kirkwood House!" I'm getting blind as a bat in my old age.....

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06-19-2013, 12:43 PM
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Very cool. I love dug relics. Proves they were really "there".

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06-19-2013, 06:19 PM
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That is amazing. Wonder if was found near the hotel area.

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06-20-2013, 05:27 AM
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Bill, Dan told me his friends have discovered what they feel is a great location for relic hunting/metal detecting. They are keeping the location to themselves. I am not even sure Dan knows, and if he does, he sure didn't tell me.
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06-20-2013, 06:08 AM
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It's an interesting find and certainly has the patina. Kirkwood house has been elusive. There seems to be just the 1 engraving of the building, no photographs have turned up. Anything associated with the Kirkwood House is a gem.
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06-20-2013, 08:05 AM
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(06-19-2013 06:19 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  That is amazing. Wonder if was found near the hotel area.

Hi Bill,

I can tell you that it was found in one of the many northern camps in Va.( Where most of their relics are found.) I found out real quick when a relic hunter finds a sweet spot, they won't even let family know about it until their confident its been cleaned out. Smile
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06-20-2013, 09:36 AM
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Dan: thanks for the further interesting input. What a great find.

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10-01-2013, 07:58 AM
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A gentlemen emailed me asking if we know what a key from the Kirkwood house looks like. Does anyone know if there are any identified keys from the Kirkwood?
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10-01-2013, 06:10 PM (This post was last modified: 10-01-2013 06:11 PM by L Verge.)
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I know of none, but I would surmise that they looked like most house keys and room keys of that day -- about three inches long with a large opening on one end to attach to a ring and a small (one inch) notched insert on the other end? I grew up with these in our old house. I will say, it wasn't hard to find the front door key with ones that size.

P.S. Re: an earlier posting - doesn't the Kirkwood show up in a photograph? I think Surratt House has that photo and both Joan Chaconas and Mike Kauffman identified it as the Kirkwood House.
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