Grant's birthplace returning to Point Pleasant   Save
Ohio History Connection - Property Files
Description: Ulysses S. Grant's birthplace loaded on trucks for return to its original location in Point Pleasant, Ohio, February 24, 1936. The small frame cabin in which Grant was born in 1822 was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888. It was placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards, it was moved to Columbus's Goodale Park as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus, where it remained until 1936,. In 1936 the cabin was disassembled and returned to its original location. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03855
Subjects: Presidents--Dwellings--Ohio; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)