The Ulysses S. Grant Home in Galena,

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is the former home of Ulysses S. Grant, the

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general and later 18th

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. The home was designed by William DennisonGrant Home
Galena State Historic Sites. Retrieved 9 February 2007. and constructed in 1859 - 1860. The home was given to Grant by residents of Galena in 1865 as thanks for his war service, and has been maintained as a memorial to Grant since 1904.

History

Architecture

The house was designed in the

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style by William Dennison. Typical of buildings done in that style, the home featured well defined rectangular shapes, a roof with a low pitch, balustraded balconies extending out over covered

porch A porch (from Old French ''porche'', from Latin ''porticus'' "colonnade", from ''porta'' "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and form ...

es, and projecting eaves.

Historic recognition

Located on Bouthillier Street, the U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site is owned by the state of Illinois and managed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency as a historic house museum with rooms furnished to represent a mid-1860s appearance. Many of the furnishings belonged to the Grant family. Information is given about Grant's activities during the Civil War up through his presidency. An adjacent building houses exhibits about Grant and the history of the home. The Grant Home was designated a

National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...

on December 19, 1960, and added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

on October 15, 1966, upon that program's inception.Ulysses S. Grant Home
, NHL Database, National Historic Landmarks Program. Retrieved 9 February 2007. The Grant House also lies within the

Galena Historic District The Galena Historic District is a historic district located in the city of Galena, Illinois, United States. The historic district encompasses 85 percent of the city of Galena and includes more than 800 properties. The downtown area consists of ...

, designated in 1969. The district has more than 1,000

contributing properties In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...

.Kriviskey, Bruce M.
Historic District of the City of Galena, Illinois
, ( PDF), National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form, April 11, 1969, ''Illinois Historic Preservation Agency'', accessed April 27, 2008.

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References

External links

U.S. Grant HomeProperty Information Report
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