Grant Birthplace facts for kids
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U.S. Grant Birthplace and Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District
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Birthplace of Ulysses Grant
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 Location in Ohio
Location in the United States
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| Location | U.S. Route 52 and State Route 232 at Point Pleasant, Ohio |
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| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1817 |
| Architect | Goller, Harsh & Davies |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001013 |
| Added to NRHP | August 6, 1998 |
Ulysses S. Grant was a very important person in American history. He was a famous general during the American Civil War and later became the 18th President of the United States. He was born in a small house in Point Pleasant, Ohio in 1822. This house is now known as the Grant Birthplace and is a special place where people can learn about his early life.
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Grant's Early Life in Point Pleasant
Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822. His parents, Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant, rented this small home in Point Pleasant, Ohio. They paid just $2 a month for it! Ulysses lived here for less than a year. His family moved to Georgetown, Ohio just before his first birthday. The house itself was built in 1817, a few years before Ulysses was born.
Visiting the Historic Home Today
Today, the Grant Birthplace is a historic house museum. This means it's a house kept just like it was long ago, so visitors can see how people lived. The Ohio Historical Society takes care of the site. Inside, you can see furniture and items that belonged to the Grant family. There are also other items from that time period. In 1998, the birthplace and some nearby buildings became a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. This means they are officially recognized as important historical sites.
Digging Up History at the Birthplace
The area around the Grant Birthplace is also an interesting archaeological site. This means experts have dug into the ground to find clues about the past.
Discoveries from the Ground
In 2010, workers were making the site easier for everyone to visit. This included replacing some old stone gutters. During this work, archaeologists from the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office did some digging. They found the foundations of an old tannery from the 1810s. A tannery was a place where animal hides were turned into leather.
Past Archaeological Finds
Other archaeological work has happened here too. In 1984, during a bridge replacement nearby, old pottery from the early 1800s was found. It came from a small midden, which is like an ancient trash pile. Later, in 2005, a survey was done before a new building was constructed. This project found only a few small stone flakes from a very old, unknown time period. These flakes were likely left by early people who lived in the area long before Grant was born.
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)
- List of residences of presidents of the United States
