Places

Here you’ll find links to major historic sites and other places associated with President Grant and his family.

Homes, Memorials and Museums

U.S. Grant Birthplace, Point Pleasant, OH
Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in a one room frame cottage 25 miles east of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Grant Boyhood Home, Georgetown, OH
House of the Grant family, Schoolhouse, Tannery, and Native Son Statue located 42 miles east of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, St. Louis, MO
After the Mexican War, Grant married Julia Dent and moved in with her family at White Haven House.

U.S. Grant Historic Sites, Galena, IL
Three sites from Grant’s hometown just before and after the Civil War: the Grant Home, Old Market House, Washburne House.

U.S. Grant Cottage, Wilton, NY
The final home of Ulysses S. Grant in the month before his death in 1885, located nine miles from Saratoga Springs.

General Grant National Memorial, New York, NY
“Grant’s Tomb”: Mausoleum of Ulysses and Julia Dent Grant, Visitor Center, Memorial Grounds.

Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
Grant papers and other primary records plus exhibits located at Mississippi State University.