Described in his memoirs, the home where Ulysses S. Grant spent his childhood and youth, along with the school he attended, are open to visitors Memorial Day through Labor Day, Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5:00 p.m.; and from the day after Labor Day through October, Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5:00 p.m. “During his youth in Georgetown, Grant attended school, worked in his father’s tannery, and spent hour upon hour in his favorite pastime – working with horses.” Saved from demolition in 1977, the home “was restored and furnished” before opening to the public in 1997. Travel information is available on the Grant Boyhood Home website.
In June, 1821, my father, Jesse R. Grant, married Hannah Simpson. I was born on the 27th of April, 1822, at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. In the fall of 1823 we moved to Georgetown, the county seat of Brown, the adjoining county east. This place remained my home, until at the age of seventeen, in 1839, I went to West Point. – from The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Related Websites
The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (Project Gutenberg Online Edition)
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, St. Louis, Missouri
The White House
Ulysses S. Grant: a Resource Guide, The Library of Congress
(Photograph from The Ohio Historical Society website.)
