Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Infobox_protected_area | name = Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
iucn_category =

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caption =
locator_x = 172
locator_y = 90
location = St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
nearest_city = St. Louis, Missouri
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 33
lat_seconds = 04
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 90
long_minutes = 21
long_seconds = 07
long_direction = W
area = 9.65 acres (0.04 km²)
established = October 2, 1989
visitation_num = 24,868
visitation_year = 2005
governing_body = National Park Service

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is a 9.65 acre United States National Historic Site located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Downtown St. Louis, Missouri within the municipality of Grantwood Village. The site, also known as White Haven, comemmerates the life, military career, and Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. Five historic structures are preserved at the site including the childhood home of Julia Dent Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant; the couple lived in the home from 1854 to 1859.

Ironically, White Haven was a plantation worked by slaves at the time Grant was married to his wife in 1848 and remained so until the end of the American Civil War.

The site jurisdiction is the Superintendent of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/ulsg/index.htm National Park Service: Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site.]
* [http://www.explorestlouis.com/factSheets/fact_whiteHaven.asp?PageType=4 St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission web site]