The Grant Boyhood Home is a

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at 219 East Grant Avenue in

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. Built in 1823, it was where

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and

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Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...

(1822–85) lived from 1823 until 1839, when he left for the

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. In 1976, the house was listed on the

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. Nine years later, it was designated a

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. It is now owned by a local nonprofit organization as part of a suite of Grant-related museum properties in Georgetown.

Description and history

The Grant Boyhood Home is located northeast of the center of Georgetown, at the northwest corner of East Grant Avenue and North Water Street. It is a -story brick house, with a side-gable roof and a three-bay front facade. The main entrance is in the leftmost bay, and all of the window and door openings are topped by stone lintels. A two-story brick ell extends to the rear, as do a pair of single-story wood frame ells; all of these are either 19th-century additions made by Jesse Grant, or are reconstructions. The interior of the house retains original flooring and woodwork. The house, along with a number of its additions, was built in 1823 by Jesse and Hannah Grant, the parents of

. The family moved into this house when Ulysses was 16 months old, and it is where he grew up. Grant left for

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in 1839, but was a frequent visitor over the next few years, and this house is the home he lived in the longest. Grant is known to have spent substantial time at his father's tannery, located just across the street. By the 1970s, the house had deteriorated in condition and was at threat of demolition. It was rescued from that fate, and the nonprofit US Grant Homestead Association was formed to restore and maintain it. The organization now owns the house, a schoolhouse attended by Grant, and the tannery building.

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U.S. Grant Boyhood Home and Schoolhouse
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