American Presidents

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March-December 1999
Ulysses S. Grant
Presidential Places

Ulysses S. Grant

Grant's Birthplace

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Description: Ulysses S. Grant was born in a white Allegheny pine house on the banks of the Ohio River twenty-five miles southeast of Cincinnati. The Grant family stayed in Point Pleasant for a year before moving to Georgetown, Ohio. The house is owned by the State of Ohio and maintained by the Ohio Historical Society. It is open to the public.

Address: Grant's Birthplace; Routes 52E and 322; Point Pleasant, OH 45143

Phone Number: (513)553-4911

Credit: "Presidential Sites: A Directory of Places Associated with Presidents of the United States" by William G. Clotworthy


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