Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
ArtistHenry Shrady
Yearbegun 1902
completed 1924
TypeBronze
Dimensions5.2 m × 5.0 m × 1.2 m (206 in × 196 in × 48 in)
LocationWest side of the U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
OwnerArchitect of the Capitol
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is located in Washington, D.C.
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′23.24″N 77°0′46.49″W / 38.8897889°N 77.0129139°W / 38.8897889; -77.0129139
Part ofCivil War Monuments in Washington, DC.
NRHP reference No.78000257[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1978[2]

The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant. It sits at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st Street NW/SW, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue), below the west front of the United States Capitol.[3] Its central sculpture of Grant on horseback faces west, overlooking the Capitol Reflecting Pool and facing toward the Lincoln Memorial, which honors Grant's wartime president, Abraham Lincoln. Grant's statue is raised on a pedestal decorated with bronze reliefs of the infantry; flanking pedestals hold statues of protective lions and bronze representations of the Union cavalry and artillery. The whole is connected with marble covered platforms, balustrades, and stairs. The Grant and Lincoln memorials define the eastern and western ends, respectively, of the National Mall.

The Grant Memorial is a contributor to the Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C., of the National Register of Historic Places. James M. Goode's authoritative The Grant Memorial in Washington, D.C. (1974) called it "one of the most important sculptures in Washington."[4] It includes the largest equestrian statue in the United States and the fifth-largest in the world.[5]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "American Revolution Statuary". National Park Service. September 20, 1978. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "General Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, (sculpture)". Siris-artinventories.si.edu. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  4. ^ Goode 1974, p.244.
  5. ^ Larger ones include the statue of Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue; the monument to Italy's King Victor Emanuel in Rome and the monument of Jan Žižka in Prague.