boardinghouse

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Jones, who was so brilliant in Daniel’s production of “King Hedley II” at A Noise Within is just as luminous here as the calming force at the boardinghouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

Another is Marie-Christine Lippman, whose family foundation runs a boardinghouse on land owned by Sothea’s family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Years later, she expressed regret about the way she had depicted a Black character who lives at the boardinghouse with the protagonist.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

She also ran a boardinghouse near Harvard from 1869 to 1873.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023

In the chaos in the streets outside Ford’s Theatre, one or more sources reported that John Wilkes Booth and John Surratt were close friends, and that Mrs. Surratt’s boardinghouse was just a few blocks away.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson