Mrs. Webber's Boarding House - Buffalo Street - Corner of Thirteenth Street

Adam Webber build this home in the 1840s. He was Franklin postmaster until his death in 1860. His widow, Sarah Smith Webber succeeded him as postmaster and turned the family home into a rooming house during the oil boom.

Arriving in Franklin in the spring of 1864, John Wilkes Booth took up part-time residence in this house. He invested in land and oil wells located on a 60-acre tract in Cranberry Township. Well liked by area citizens, he often entertained them with readings and his acting ability. In September 1864 he left the boarding house. Franklin did not hear of him until the following spring when wires flashed the news of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The house was demolished in 1951 after the Elks Club acquired the parcel.

~Please turn left and cross 13th Street~