Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

White Haven; Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is located in St. Louis
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is located in Missouri
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is located in the United States
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Nearest cityGrantwood Village, Missouri
Coordinates38°33′4″N 90°21′7″W / 38.55111°N 90.35194°W / 38.55111; -90.35194
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1795 (1795)
Built byLong, William Lindsay
WebsiteUlsses S. Grant National Historic Site
NRHP reference No.79003205[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 4, 1979
Designated NHLJune 23, 1986

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is a 9.65-acre (3.91 ha) United States National Historic Site located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, within the municipality of Grantwood Village, Missouri. The site, also known as White Haven, commemorates the life, military career and presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. Five historic structures are preserved at the site, including the childhood home of Ulysses' wife, Julia Dent Grant.

White Haven was an 850-acre plantation worked by enslaved people; Grant supervised their forced labor from 1854 to 1859.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#79003205)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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