Grant Birthplace
U.S. Grant Birthplace and Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District | |
Ulysses Grant | |
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| Location | U.S. Route 52 and State Route 232 at Point Pleasant, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 38°53′39″N 84°13′58″W / 38.89417°N 84.23278°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1817 |
| Architect | Goller, Harsh & Davies |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001013[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 6, 1998 |
The Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant, Monroe Township, Ohio was the birthplace of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, who was born there in 1822. The home was built in 1817, and in 1821 Jesse Root Grant wed Hannah Simpson Grant (Ulysses's parents) and they moved into the home where they paid $2 a month rent.[2] The future president lived in Point Pleasant for less than a year, as his family moved to Georgetown one month before his first birthday.[3]
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historic district.[1]
The Grant Birthplace and surrounding areas have been found to be a
test excavation of some of the areas surrounding the gutters, discovering foundations of an 1810s tannery.[5]
Previous archaeological work in and around the Grant Birthplace included the retrieval of early nineteenth-century pottery from a small
field survey of open areas in the birthplace grounds before the construction of a small building at the site in 2005; the latter project recovered only a couple of insignificant lithic flakes from an unidentified prehistoric period.[5]
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See also
- Grant Boyhood Home, Georgetown, Ohio
- Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, near St. Louis
- Ulysses S. Grant Home, Galena, Illinois
- Grant Cottage State Historic Site, Mt. McGregor, New York
- General Grant National Memorial(Grant's tomb)
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Picone, Louis L. Where the Presidents Were Born: The History & Preservation of the Presidential Birthplaces (2012)
- National Public Radio via WOSU, 2012-07-30. Accessed 2014-02-13.
- ^ "OHS - Places - Grant Birthplace". Archived from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Limited Archaeological Testing within the U. S. Grant's Birthplace and Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District in Point Pleasant, Monroe Township, Clermont County, for the Proposed Repair and Replacement of Gutters and Sidewalk along SR 232 and Back Street (CLE-SR 232-0.01 PID 87711), Ohio Department of Transportation, 2011-11. Accessed 2014-02-13.
External links
Media related to Ulysses S. Grant birthplace at Wikimedia Commons
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