White Haven Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

  • Also Known As: Grant-Dent House

  • Address: 9060 Whitehaven Dr or 7400 Grant St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

A Place Called Home

Ulysses S Grant is known as the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union and the 18th President of the United States. Few people know about his rise to fame or his personal life. He first met Julia Dent, his future wife, at her family home, named White Haven. Today, that home commemorates their lives and loving partnership against the turbulent backdrop of the nineteenth century. - NPS


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
William Lindsay Long Architect
1795/00/00
1826/01/26 Julia Dent Grant Birth Ellen Wrenshall Dent, wife of Frederick Dent, gives birth to a daughter, Julia Boggs Dent, at home, White Haven plantation near St Louis, Missouri.
1854/06/00 Ulysses S Grant Home Ulysses S Grant rejoins his family at White Haven, outside St Louis, Mo.
1857/12/23 Ulysses S Grant Life As his farm continues to fail, Ulysses Grant pawns his gold watch to buy Christmas presents for his children.
1859/00/00 Ulysses S Grant Life Ulysses S Grant manumits, emancipates and sets free forever his only slave, his Negro man William, sometimes called William Jones.

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Particulars for White Haven Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Owner Federal
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 79003205
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, State, Federal
Architect: Long,William Lindsay
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Military, Politics-government, Exploration-settlement, Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: c 1795, 1808, c 1854
Associated People: Grant,Ulysses S.,et al.
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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