Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 IX State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previousiy listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government L University - designated a National Historic Landmark [x Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - recorded by Historic American Engineering Ohio Historical Society Archives-Library 1928 1907 1938 1922 1936 1885 Conservation Bibilography Register Entertainment/Recreation/Tourism religious purposes. Significant Dates Architect/Builder individual distinction.
Grant Birthplace Museum files County and State Criteria Considerations Significant Person Period of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Applicable National Register Criteria our history. Cultural Affiliation Primary location of additional data: Name of repository: Areas of Significance Previous documentation on file (NPS): G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance for National Register listing.) Property is: Record # (Complete if Criterion Bis marked (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) GRANT BIRTHPLACE & GRANT COMM. SITES HIST. DIST. County and State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property - acres - See continuation sheet (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By _date 567 E.
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43211 Zone name organization Northing Ohio Photographs Columbus Easting Continuation Sheets Maps Additional items UTM References Boundary Justification Additional Documentation Ohio Historic Preservation Office Property Owner Boundaries indicated on accompanying Verbal Boundary Description November, 1997 name/title Steve Gordon with Glenn Harper CLERMONT, OHIO Name of Property city or town Map l and Figure 1l. (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service Clermont County, Ohio The properties comprising U.S. Grant's Birthplace and Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District in Pt. Pleasant, Ohio, are significant under Criterion A for their role in commemorating the birth of Ulysses S.
Grant, president, West Point graduate and Union general, and under Criterion Consideration F as commemorative monuments related commemorative sites represent places associated with Grant's birth in further represents how patriotic meanings are communicated through commemoration and, by implication, the connection between grass-roots patriotic sentiment and the begins ca. 1864 because this was the period when Grant emerged as a nationally significant figure and associations were being made to his place of birth (Figure 4). The State of Ohio's acquisition of Grant's Birthplace in 1925 was authorized to the birthplace "cabin" and park property. State government, augmented by the federal government's WPA construction programs during the 1930s further reinforced this vernacular interest in local history.
As one historian notes, during the 1930s and the depths of the Great Depression, members of the professional classes and discontent was widespread, and transform the meaning of vernacular symbols" (Bodnar, 137). Over the past seventy-five years the Birthplace, returned to its original eighteenth president. in 1922, was acquired by the state in 1925, ranking it among Ohio's early public Archaeological and Historical Society (hereafter referred to as OAHS) as early as Significance preserve, for the benefit and inspiration of ensuing generations, the traditional site of National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet (8-86) U.S.Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District right have come to physically symbolize his Clermont County heritage.The district United States Department of the Interior site in 1936,and associated U. S.
Grant sites have been imbued with their own NPS Form 10-900-a Page 1 Clermont County and also as twentieth century tourist-related sites which in their own Indian War related sites such as Ft. Ancient had been acquired by the Ohio State within the context of U. S. Grant iconography. The birthplace, memorial park and nation (Glassberg, 2). In the case of the Grant's Birthplace, the period of significance The Grant Birthplace Memorial Park, established by the Grant Centenary Commission historic preservation and conservation initiatives.Although significant prehistoric and governmental officials"sought to inculcate civic obedience and loyalty in an era when Section number 8 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S.
GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT Clermont County, Ohio 1891, it wasn't until the World War I period that historic buildings and historic sites were incorporated into the state's site system, later coming under the aegis "State half of the 20th century, buildings housing museums or birthplaces were generally vehicles for interpreting something other than architecture-the preservation of history and thirties also saw a widespread romance with two quintessentially American Small towns such as Hodgenville, Kentucky, and Pt. Pleasant, Ohio represented the quintessential American experience, evoking a time when people seemed more sure of their place in the world. The yearnings for lost innocence, conquests and historical present by making their counterparts in the past seem almost heroic.
As historic symbols commemorative sites helped soothe the personal needs of ordinary people experience traces of an authentic, more fulfilling past, a desire to experience availability of the automobile and a new national road system, led to a wave of patriotic commemoration. formal terms, in 1907, when a Civil War cannon and bronze tablet were placed in front of the birthplace site (Photo #14). At the dedication ceremony Governor Andrew Harris addressed a large throng that had traveled upriver from Cincinnati by steamboat. As visitation to Pt. Pleasant increased, and road access gradually improved, interest grew in relocating the Birthplace to its original site. Memorials." Page Section number 8 Continuation Sheet In Clermont County, efforts to physically memorialize Grant began, at least in more concepts which are in themselves contradictions:the road and the small town.
National Register of Historic Places Commemorative Sites Historic District epitomize this early expression of auto-related U.S.Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District era.Ordinary people celebrated their local ancestries and sought inspiration in the hallowed by virtue of their important military and political connections.The 1920s interest in seeing America."(Shubinski, 1997).The Grant Birthplace and Grant commemorative site recalling the history of a great man (Photo #15).During the first something untouched by the ravages of Characteristic of many early historic house museums, Grant Birthplace began as a achievements were seen to compensate for modern-day failures of the Depression and the political needs ofprofessionals and officials.
Americans were longing to urge to commemorate America," explains one author, "combined with the burgeoning (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places U. S. Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District Clermont County, Ohio GRANT'S POINT PLEASANT YEARS (1822-1823) While a good portion of the birthplace's history has been a peripatetic one, the first 60 years of its existence were confined to its original site in Pt. Pleasant, Ohio, a sleepy ambience, much as it has for the past 150 years. Pt. Pleasant was platted in 1813 by Henry Ludlow to include 100 in-lots. In 1837 Warren Jenkins described Pt. a flourishing little town in Monroe Township, Clermont County. 130 inhabitants, and two stores. It is situated immediately below the mouth of Indian Creek (Jenkins, 366).
According to his Personal Memoirs, President U. S. Grant wrote, "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." Dr. J. G. Rogers, the first physician of neighboring New Richmond (see CLE-442-10), assisted with the birth of baby foreman's cottage which Jesse rented from Lee Thompson, next door to the tannery above Indian Creek. Tradition claims the house was built in 1817, although one account attributes it to 1820. The family's move from Point Pleasant to Georgetown was dictated by Jesse's desire promising a ready supply of tanning bark (Bearss, 1). Grant was brought to Georgetown in 1823 as a 16 month-old baby and lived in the Boyhood Home (NHL, POST-GRANT YEARS IN POINT PLEASANT (1823-1885) 1839.
(8-86) Continuation Sheet sleepy hamlet located on the Ohio River 25 miles upstream from Cincinnati. Today, on the north bank of the Ohio River. lt contains about 30 houses, Section number 8 1985) with his parents until leaving home to enter the U. S. Military Academy in May, It was in this riverine community that Jesse and Hannah Grant operated a tannery. Hiram, later named Ulysses. Jesse, Hannah and infant Ulysses lived in the one-story Pleasant in his gazetteer as: Page 3 untouched by sprawl or tacky tourist stands, Pt. Pleasant retains much of its quiet, The Birthplace appears to have remained relatively intact during this period. In 1885, NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S.
Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District Clermont County, Ohio one story frame, 16 x 19 feet, with a steep roof, the pitch being five feet, and on the right or north end is a huge chimney, affording a spacious fireplace" (Howe, 421; REMOVAL OF BIRTHPLACE (ca. 1886-1935) On August 2, 1885, the Estate Section of the Cincinnati Enquirer featured the following advertisement: "Michael Hirsch, owner of the decayed little frame house at Pt. Pleasant, in which General Grant was born, yielded yesterday to a $7,000 offer place. Yet following Grant's death in 1885the Birthplace was moved by towboat from Point Pleasant to Cincinnati and leased forthe 100 day celebration of the Ohio Valley Centennial, despite opposition from some Clermont County and Pt. Pleasant citizens, who feared the house would never be returned.
A small fee was charged to view the Birthplace and the owner, Michael Hirsch, received one-fourth of the exhibition It was while viewing the house on exhibit at the Centennial Exposition in 1888 that Henry Chittenden, "a friend and admirer of Grant," and William F. Burdell of Columbus concluded it was inappropriate to use the birthplace for commercial and first moved it to Goodale Park in Columbus as part of the GAR national encampment. This "Great Reunion" saw 70,000 comrades march in procession in great Washington parade of 1865 [43rd AR Board of Agriculture, 74]. Subsequently, the birthplace went on a tour of the nation before being moved to the State Fairgrounds in Columbus, where it became a featured attraction (Figure 5). Exposed to the elements and throngs of visitors for nearly a decade, the birthplace's proceeds.
(8-86) Continuation Sheet just prior to its removal from Point Pleasant, Henry Howe noted the house "remains National Register of Historic Places as well preserved as originally built;a lean-to kitchen has since been added. It is a Section number _ 8 Page -4 Convinced of its authenticity, Chittenden purchased the Birthplace in 1888 for $3,000 front of an estimated 100,000 spectators, the largest such assemblage since the Figure 1). A photo taken of the house in July, 1864 shows it to appear much as purposes. Only a year earlier Congressman John Little of Ohio proposed the federal NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S. Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District Clermont County, Ohio Secretary of Agriculture (BOA, Annual Report, 8).
In September, 1896, a glass and limestone pavilion was erected on the fairgrounds to enclose and protect the Grant ceremony opening the pavilion, Henry Chittenden, vice president of the [Ohio] Centennial Board, undoubtedly spoke for many Ohioans when he proclaimed, "We have gathered about this now consecrated spot to complete an affair that had its single pioneer of our great state" Adding somewhat nostalgically, Chittenden said of the cabin, "I here deliver once more to the care of the people of his [Grant] native state, to shine like a gem on her fair bosom...to be the mecca of millions of grateful, pious pilgrims and to present to unborn generations the most impressive and Given its numerous relocations and the physical demands of lengthy exhibits, some respond to such murmurings, pointing out that testimony and affidavits were taken and replace every particle of the building as it was found to be after Grant's was added and nothing was taken away and itstands today as it stood for river ("Dedication," 291).
In 1897 President William McKinley came to the Ohio State Fair and made a special point of visiting the Grant Birthplace. A hushed silence fell over the crowd as the President stood looking at the house, removed his hat and entered the low door. Inside the memories that came over the minds of the veterans present, standing as 291). beginning some eight, or perhaps better, eighty years ago when this little cottage Continuation Sheet more than half a century looking out upon the glancing waters of the beautiful instructive of lessons for the conduct of life.."(Dedication of Memorial Building, National Register of Historic Places glorious achievements had thrown a luster and sacredness abouthisevery doubts about the Birthplace's authenticity began to emerge.Chittenden was quick to Section number - 8 Page _ 5 Birthplace, where it remained sheltered until 1936 (Figure 6).
At the dedication money far beyond the first cost of the building, has been exercisedto transfer regarding the building's authenticity and sketches were made of its original (8-86) belonging and made this humble house sacred to the American people.Nothing NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Clermont County, Ohio they were in the birthplace of the grand Union general, were too sacred to find utterance and the few remarks addressed by one to the other were in whispers," a newspaper account said of the scene (Dispatch, 8/17/97). The centennial in 1922 of Grant's birth served as a catalyst for commemoration activities. A U.S.
Grant State Memorial Association was created and a Grant approved the creation and sale of Grant commemorative coins, which, along with the formation of the Grant Memorial Highway Association, helped fund road improvements between New Richmond and Pt. Pleasant, Ohio (Figure 7). The road Post Offices designated it as part of a proposed Atlantic to Pacific Highway (Atlantic No event focused more attention on Grant and the plight of his birthplace more than the centennial celebration of his birth, held at Pt. Pleasant April 27, 1922. Standing an estimated crowd of 30,000 through an electronic device known as a Bell Loud gathering at Cincinnati's Lytle Park, marking one of the earliest uses of the recently developed technology of electronic voice amplification (Cincinnati Bell Telephone Bulletin, 67; Long Lines, 13).
obsequious summary of the day's activities under a cut line that read, "At the Grant the plain comfortable little cottage of Grant's nativity, and back to the boat, and downriver to Cincinnati" (Times Star 8/30/30). Apparently unbeknownst to the writer, Grant's actual Birthplace was still in Columbus, and would not return to Pt. Pleasant for another six years. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND RETURN OF BIRTHPLACE Hugh Nichols, former Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and Chairman of the (8-86) Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places U.S.Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District The early importance of the site rather than the building itself is partly evident from a gained further attention in 1928,when a congressional Committee on Post Roads and to Pacific Report). Page - 6 on a platform near the site of the birthplace, President Warren G.
Harding addressed description in 1930 of a GAR pilgrimage to Point Pleasant. In a lengthy, somewhat Centenary Commission was appointed by the Governor. In addition, Congress Speaker. The President's speech was broadcast simultaneously to an equally large Cottage," the newspaper columnist concluded by stating, "There was a pilgrimage to Section number - 8 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Clermont County, Ohio Grant Centenary Celebration Committee, and Clermont County native, was a strong return of the cottage (Figure 8). Restorations at Colonial Williamsburg, Greenfield 1925 the Grant Centenary Commission acquired its first parcel of property in Pt.
Pleasant, and by January,1926 the State of Ohio had begun acquiring several lots in Point Pleasant, including the property where the birthplace formerly stood, and a Grant Memorial Park was established. The OAHS did not assume official Facilities Division, OHS). The almost fraternal connection of presidential sites manifested itself that same year when the Conservation Committee of Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs planted willow trees from Mt. Vernon along Indian Birthplace was among the first historic sites in Ohio acquired by the state and marked Presidential Center (acquired 1915) and Campus Martius (acquired 1918) were the Education Division, Site Files). In 1927 construction for the Grant Memorial Bridge, a Parker through truss span with decorative stone pylons and cannons, was completed over Indian Creek along Route 52 (Figure 9).
The entire structure, noted a Department of Highways publication, was given special architectural treatment as a memorial to General U. S. part, of stonemasonry consisting of native stone trimmed with cut Bedford limestone. Decorative bronze beacons serve to beautify and light the structure, while the end pylons serve as pedestals for cannon obtained from the War Sweetgum and Red Maple planted in the park during the 1920s still stand. The Grant responsibility for administering the Grant Memorial State Park until 1932 (Deed Files, advocate of returning the birthplace to Point Pleasant.Propitiously, during the 1920s National Register of Historic Places U.S. Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District Department for this particular purpose (Dept.of Highways, 156). preserving Ohio's significant places was more prehistoric in scope(Ft.
Ancient, with the celebration of the United States sesquicentennial in 1926.In November, and early 1930s events were taking place, both locally and nationally, that led the Village and Old Sturbridge helped raise the nation's historical consciousness, coupled importance were preserved and interpreted. Prior to this period the emphasis toward first individually significant historic buildings acquired by the State of Ohio (OHS, Grant..the substructure approach was given particular attention, being built in Creek (Times Star 4/6/32). Today none of the willows survive, although a Buckeye, acquired 1891, NHL 1964; and Serpent Mound, acquired 1900, NHL 1964). Hayes (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Clermont County, Ohio Unable to handle the heavier truck traffic, the steel truss was imploded in 1983, research for the bridge replacement project the Ohio Department of Transportation noted a concrete bridge was originally specified for the site, but soil tests dictated a from funds raised from the sale of special Grant dollars and half dollars minted for the occasion (Times Star, 9/30/36). In 1932 over 50,000 visitors registered at the park, making it one of the most visited sites in southern Ohio (OHS, Box 82). Finally, in May 1935, the Ohio legislature In March, 1936, under the supervision of H. R. McPherson, Director of OAHS, the Birthplace was dismantled in sections and shipped by six trucks to Point Pleasant. foundation. A simple two story frame house that had occupied the site since ca.
1885 was moved to a nearby lot on Locust Street in Pt. Pleasant. Evidence suggests much of the original fabric of the birthplace was replaced during and immediately Nichols, the house was rebuilt, following out in every detail the plan of the original (OHS, Site Files; OHS Archives, Box 87, Folder 45). Establishing any authenticity of the house's historic fabric remains conjectural given the fact no detailed field notes or Continuation Sheet (8-86) reconstruction specifications have been found. One newspaper account reported the pylons and walls were dismantled, repaired, rebuilt and repointed. During background original house,but through the enthusiastic and untiring efforts of Judge Hugh L. after the move. One period account noted curators "Found [it] impossible to return National Register of Historic Places U.S.
Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District The building was stored in a barn and erected in sections on its original stone original site in Pt.Pleasant, Ohio (House Bill 168,May,1935). authorized and directed the OAHS to remove the house from the fairgrounds to the now stands is an exact replica of the house in which President Grant was born" house."A typewritten description of the site taken ca.1941 reported"The house as it replaced in 1984with a modern concrete deck span.At the time all of the stone Section number . lighter weight, steel span. It is useful to note the original bridge was built partly Page OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT Clermont County, Ohio original hand-made brick nogging had been preserved (Enquirer 7 March 1936).
It is For years local folklore claimed the lean-to addition on the Birthplace was the site of Grant's birth, but subsequent research and fabric analysis refuted this claim since the leanto was added to the cabin following Grant's occupation but prior to 1864 (Frost, Marking the occasion was Governor Myers Y. Cooper, who in addressing the crowd Due to the fame of a citizen who was born on this spot and in this house, there was removed from this site many years ago, the home in which was born a child who was destined to illumine [sic] America and the world with the grandeur of his character and of his patriotic mind It was a great conception of Judge Nichols to perpetuate this shrine, and cause to be built here a magnificent memorial bridge, over which So, my friends, we celebrate this unusual circumstances of a home restored and rededicated to God and country.
From this day forth it will be a shrine attracting people from the North, South, East and West of our own country, and from lands beyond the sea, who will come here, leaving with a rebirth of faith in the virtues for which Grant lived and Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places (Photos #2 & #16). solemnly observed: U.S. Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District thousands will pass in safety and security as they visit this sacred spot. and heart. return and"restoration"of the birthplace(Shetrone,"Grant Cabin,"p. 103;Figure 10). time of re-assembly(OHS Deed Files.8"x 10"sills were placed under the"cabin NPS Form 10-900-a Section number - definitely known the floor and floor joists were so rotten they were replaced at the and 6" x 8" sills under the leanto in 1936). Grant Album, 234).
The rear of the original house features two outside windows, a door and clapboard siding nearly identical to the other three exterior elevations died (Cooper, "Address at Pt. Pleasant," 1936). (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S. Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District Clermont County, Ohio During the year, 100,000 people visited the Birthplace, of which 63,000 signed the With the house successfully relocated to its original site (Photos #17 & #18), improvements to the park and adjacent areas soon followed.A long term lease for the Caretaker's House was negotiated by the OAHS in October, 1937 with an option to purchase.
Alterations and additions to the Caretaker's House were implemented in 1937 according to designs rendered by the Columbus, Ohio architectural firm of Goller, Hirsch and Davies (Deed Files, OHS). In August, 1936 the OAHS was awarded a series of WPA sponsored construction projects for state memorials. As letter to H. C. Shetrone, then Acting Director of the National Park Service, A. E. Demaray wrote "We appreciate the importance of the preservation work which you Included in the project were funds for the construction of retaining walls, sidewalks and street gutters at Grant Memorial Park, with additional federal flood relief funds from Weldon McGlaun to S. Harrison, 5March 1937, Series 3078, Box 92, Folders 29 & 42; Times Star, 3/30/37).
Since 1937 the Ohio Historical Society has endeavored to maintain the integrity of the acquired by the OAHS from the Allison family, and in 1966 minor restoration work Park appear much as they did in the late 1930s. The various memorial and tourist sites associated with Grant have been integral to Continuation Sheet guest register. National Register of Historic Places 1984(outside the boundariesof the district) the Grant Birthplace and Grant Memorial was conducted on both the interior and exterior of the Birthplace.Other than the approval of the[National] Park Service.The Park Service commended the Society for epic Ohio River flood in January, 1937.Total cost for the WPA project was area tourism efforts since the early 19oos.
Clermont County emphasizes its identity the quality of its restoration work to date, calling it a "model of its kind." In this same $42,734.00(Letter from A.E.Demaray to H.C.Shetrone,16 September 1936,Letter NPS Form 10-900-a Section number _ 8 awarded later for repairs to the house, which had suffered some damage during the Birthplace and Grant-related structures. In 1953 the Caretaker's House was was customary for WPA projects involving "sites and structures of historical and replacement of the bridge span in 1984 and modernization of the roadside rest in (8-86) Page 10 are carrying out and will cooperate with you in every way towards its progress." archaeological importance,"all planning and construction was subject to the written NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT Clermont County, Ohio as the birthplace of Grant while Brown County promotes his boyhood years there. The Birthplace and park sites are simply interpreted, serving as the keystone of Clermont County's heritage tourism efforts. A birthplace of a historical figure is eligible if the person is of outstanding importance and there is no other appropriate site or building directly associated with his or her productive life. In the case of Grant, there are several other properties, including his boyhood home in Georgetown, Ohio, that are more closely associated with his productive career. Therefore, the Birthplace is not considered eligible under Criteria Consideration C (See National Register Bulletin 15, pp. 32-33). would not [adversely] affect the memorial features.
In reality the existing bridge is from Byrd Finley, Ohio Dept. of Transportation to W. Ray Luce, State Historic Preservation Officer, 5 November 1981. Soon after the flood the cannon and marker were moved to the south corner Fuhrman since 1966. Birthplace. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places U.S.GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT U.S. Grant Birthplace & Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District "A concrete bridge in place of the truss as originally planned in the 1920s Grant's Birthplace is interchangeably referred to in historic sources as the"cabin" of the park. or"cottage."For the sake of consistency this nomination will refer to it as the The site has been under the care and supervision of Loretta and Edward only a connecting link between two identical, but discrete memorial structures." Letter (8-86) Page Section number 8 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT Section number . CLERMONT COUNTY, OH BIRTHPLACE OF GEN. U. S. GRANT, POINT PLEASANT. FIGURE 1. & 2. Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places (8-86) United States Department of the Interior U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT 5 Proposed Retaining Wall. THE OHIO STATE ARCH. & HIST. SOCIETY. Sheet 2 of 2 sheets. FIGURE 3. Profile of Limestone Wall Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places OF RETAINING WALL TYPICAL PROFILE Section number 7 & 8 APPLICATION BY: National Park Service ON OHIO RIVER CLERMONT COUNTY,OH TYPICAL SECTION LOOKING UPSTREAM ON BIG IHDIAH CREEK Proposed Fill- NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 *High Water El.
50T.6(1913) (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE, AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH FIGURE (8-86) GRANT Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Section number 8 United States Department of the Interior POINT PLEASANT CLERNONT COUNTY OHÍO. Page NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH Page Continuation Sheet FIGURE 6. (8-86) FIGURE 5. Section number National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior CENERAL GRANT OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH BORN POINT PLEASANT.OHIO.
Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places FIGURE 7. NPS Form 10-900-a COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT Section number - I deom the cause sought to be advanced by the Grant Memorial Highway Thivis to Certify that_ Page (8-86) SEE SIDE Centenary Association. Association.a most worthy one and I believe.it to be holpful to.tho U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH GRANT'S CABIN E BIRTH OF U. S. GRANT. GET A SOUVENIR CABIN CARD: FOR SALE HERE FIGURE Section number Continuation Sheet (8-86) National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Page _17 106th ANIVERSARY OF THE NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S.GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH ca.
1983 Elev See Sheet E Exist. Scot FIGURE Page BRIDG Holes Section number 7, 8 Continuation Sheet Grant Memorial Bridge National Register of Historic Places Limestone -Field Stone 495.42 (8-86) 3-A514 21-0" NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISIRICI CLERMONT COUNTY, OH Dedicatory exercises held Sunday, October 4, 1936, at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, commemorating the return of the cabin in INTRODUCTION of Chairman of meeting by Mr. M. G. Heintz HUGH L. NICHOLS, Chairman, Batavia ADDRESS - Pittsburgh, Pa. MUSIC BY XENIA BAND - . Columbus, O. Director of Education State of Ohio SHORT ADDRESS - - Cincinnati, O. . Col. W.C. Myers Representing American Legion World War Veterans MUSIC BY XENIA ORPHANS HOME BAND Fred Pfester, Grand Army of the Republic Wm. C.
Lambert, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Esther Schooler, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Elizabeth Kersting, Woman's Relief Corps Emma Brueggerann, Ladies of the G. A. R. Page PROGRAM Continuation Sheet ADVISORY COMMITTEE National Register of Historic Places FIGURE 10. Director of Ohio Historical Society United States Department of the Interior Member Ohio House of Representatives which General U.S.Grant was born on April 27,1822 to its original site Section number 8 C. H. W. Ruhe, SHORT ADDRESS - - Hon. Harold D. Nichols, . Clifford R. Fox, Commander U. S. Grant Camp Sons of Veterans INVOCATION - - - Rev. R. E. Budd - - - Batavia, O. . John E. Hendrixson, (8-86) Representing Spanish American War Veterans. Newly elected Commander-in-Chief Grand Army of the Republic Senator 2nd-4th District of Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 U. S.
GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH MONROE TWP. Scale 300 feet to an Inch E. Armacast H. H. Bushman Mary E. Cooper I.E. Armacost 104 105 Page 106 102 103 INDIAN Section number National Register of Historic Places Jos. Continuation Sheet Selby POINT PLEASANT National Park Service United States Department of the Interior 107 SYCA MORE Henry MAIN NORTH Cooper MAPLE LOCUS 101 (8-86) Stuckard OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT "Anniversary of Grant's Birth to be Observed." The Clermont (Ohio) Courier. 3May 1992, Erardi, John. "Historical Sites Get Lower Funds, Shorter Hours." The Cincinnati Enquirer. 14 March 1981, n.p. "Grant Memorial to Cover Site of Father's Tannery." Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. Nelly, Ruth.
"Larger Portion of the Cottage at Pt. Pleasant in Which General Grant was Born Still [Intact?]." The Cincinnati Times Star, ca. 1922. 1927, n.p. N.d., n.p. BIBLIOGRAPHY Page Newspaper Articles Continuation Sheet Bethel (Ohio) Journal. 25 April 1930. n.p. National Register of Historic Places 11 January 1931, n.p. "Grant's Birthplace Most Traveled Building in Ohio."Source unknown. "Grant Sesquicentennial Medal Struck." March 25, 1972. Source unknown. Eichert, Karen."Plaque Returned to Grant's Birthplace." The Cincinnati Enquirer. "New Grant Memorial Bridge at Pt.Pleasant Formally Opened."Times-Star.29 October "Mt.Vernon Willows for Grant Memorial." Times Star. 6 April 1932, n.p. "Anniversary of Birth of Grant."The Clermont (Ohio) Sun. 4 May 1992, p. 1. "Big Day at Bethel."The Clermont Courier.3 May 1922, p.1.
CLERMONT COUNTY, OH "Land of Grant Opened to Visitors." The Clermont Courier, 20 April 1972, p. 9-11 "Fair Visitors Flocked to Hear President McKinley."Columbus Dispatch.17 August 1997. NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) Section number 9 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH "Nichols Presents Plea of Pt. Pleasant Folk." Source unknown. Partial Program for the Grant Centennial at Point Pleasant, Bethel and Georgetown." The Clermont Sun. 12 April 1922, p.1. "Shrine of a Nation's Idol" Source unknown. "Bell Loud Speaker." The Cincinnati Bell Telephone Bulletin 13:5 (May 1922), pp. 67-73. Bodnar, John. Remaking America: Public Memory, Commemoration, and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Bownocker, J.A.
Building Stones of Ohio. Geological Survey of Ohio. Columbus: 1915. Variations on a Theme Park, pp. 181-204. Edited by Michael Sorkin. New York: Glassberg, David. "Patriotism from the Ground Up." Reviews in American History 21 "Grant Tablet Dedication." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society Publications 18 (1909): pp. 380-383. Published Sources Hill and Wang, 1992. Archeological and Historical Society Publications 31 (1922): pp.289-294. "WPA Makes Improvements at Grant State Park." The Cincinnati Enquirer. 27 May 1938, Carr, E.C. "Honoring General Grant." Long Lines, June 1992. pp. 13-15. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places "We had a Birthday Party for Grant in 1885." Source unknown. Atlas of Clermont County, Ohio.Philadelphia:Lake and Gordon,1891. Frost, Lawrence A.U.S. Grant Album.Seattle: Superior Publishing Company,1966.
"Dedication of Memorial Building Over the Grant Cottage at State Fair Grounds."Ohio (1993): 1-7. Boyer,M.Christine."Cities for Sale:Merchandising History at South Street Seaport."In Section number Page NPS Form 10-900-a Page (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH Ohio. Board of Agriculture 43rd Annual Report, 1888. U.S. Grant 175th Birthday Celebration Pt. Pleasant, Ohio. Newport, KY: Rhiannon 1837. Page Publications, 1997. Significance. Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, March 20-22, 1907. (8-86) Rockey, J.L. History of Clermont County, Ohio. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1880. Historical Society Publications 31 (1922) : p. 288. Jenkins, Warren. The Ohio Gazetteer and Traveler's Guide. Columbus: Isaac N.
Whiting, Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Ohio. 2 vols. Cincinnati: The State of Ohio, 1902. Continuation Sheet McDonald, Travis C., Jr. "Restoration, Re-restoration and Real History: Trends and Issues Ohio. Report of Department of Highways - Years 1917-1928 Inclusive. State of Ohio. 1928. Committee, 1972. Shetrone, Henry Clyde."Grant Cabin." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 46 Ulysses S. Grant Sesquicentennial Souvenir Program.Ulysses S. Grant Commemorative Shubinski, Barbara."The Mechanics of Nostalgia: The 1930s Legacy for Historic 1993): 21-26. Preservation."Preservation of What, For Whom:A Critical Look at Historical Williams, Bertye Y. "U.S. Grant: One of Our Boys." Ohio Archaeological and Section number 9 (1937): pp. 103-104.
National Register of Historic Places in Historic House Museums."Historic Preservation Forum 71 November-December Tatman,Adda Higgins."At Grant's Tomb After the Centenary."Ohio Archaeological and United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH nomination form. April-November, 1974. passable.) Memorial gold dollar and a Grant memorial silver half dollar in commemoration of the Page Dearborn, Michigan, October, 1997. Miscellaneous photos and articles in possession of Mary Campbell and Loretta Fuhrman, Pt. Grant Birthplace." Paper presented at the Pioneer America Society Annual Meeting, August, 1984. Cong., 2nd sess., 23 January 1922. Congressional Records, vol. 62. ALS, 2pp. VFM-161. Pleasant. Certificate: Copy of membership certificate for Grant Memorial Highway Association.
(The upon the river road between New Richmond and Moscow, Ohio, as to render it Public Records "Happy Birthday, General Grant." (Typewritten.) money raised from sale of the $1.00 memberships was to be used to "make repairs Unpublished Sources Public-No. 137-67th Congress, H.R. 6119. "An Act to authorize the coinage of a Grant Bearss, Edwin C. U.S. Grant Boyhood Home National Historic Landmark nomination form. Letter, 22 February 1887, from Congressman John Little, relating proposed government Cooper, Myers Young. Address at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, at Dedication an Atlantic to Pacific Highway, which was to pass through Pt. Pleasant, Ohio. Original Site. 4 October 1936.(Typewritten.) Ohio Historical Society, VFM 1671. Services Commemorating Return of Cabin in Which Gen. U.S.
Grant was Born to its Loveless, Andrew M.Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site National Register Report:No.999. 70th Congress.Report which accompanied S.1900, a bill which proposed Continuation Sheet centenary of the birth of General Ulysses S. Grant, late president of the United States." National Register of Historic Places U.S.Congress.Senate. Senator McLean argues for the Amendment to H.R.6119. 67th purpose of U.S. Grant's homestead at Pt.Pleasant, Ohio. Ohio Historical Society, Harper, Glenn."Have Shrine Will Travel:The Long and Wandering Road of the Ulysses S. Section number 9 (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service Continuation Sheet U. S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH Ohio. House Bill No. 168.
An Act to authorize the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society to remove the house in which General U.-S. Grant was born, from the state fair Ohio Historic Preservation Office. Resource Protection and Review Department, Grant Memorial Bridge Files. Ohio Historical Society. Deed File, Facilities Division. Copies of warranty deeds, leases and a letter from C.M. Allison, Superintendent of the Grant Memorial State Park, dated November Ohio Historical Society. Archives-Library Division. State Archives. Series 3078, Box 92. Ohio Historical Society. Archives-Library Division, OHS Archives, Box 82, Series 3072. Ohio Historical Society Archives-Library Division, Photo collections: SC 4547, P-15, P-193, VERBAL BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION The boundaries of the U. S. Grant Birthplace and Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District include the historic properties in Pt.
Pleasant that have historically been part of and/or associated with Grant's Birthplace and his commemoration and maintain integrity. Grant Memorial Church, built in 1931 and located immediately northeast of the district, has been excluded from the nomination due to the strong written opposition expressed by the church. P-365. grounds to the village of Pt. Pleasant, Ohio. Approved May 29, 1935. National Register of Historic Places Ohio Historical Society.Education Division.Dr.Amos J. Loveday Jr.,Site Files. United States Department of the Interior (8-86) Section number 9. 10 Page ~ 5 NPS Form 10-900-a 14, 1935, pertaining to parcels of land which were to comprise Grant Memorial Park. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 U. S.
GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT Section number - CLERMONT COUNTY, OH % Ohio Historical Society MAP Continuation Sheet Page National Register of Historic Places Stone Retaining Wall Grant Memorial Bridge National Park Service United States Department of the Interior 104-C PT. PLEASANT Bridge: STATE (8-86) Ohio Department of Transportation PARK LocusT MAIN S OBM Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U.S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT Section number Photos Page 1 CLERMONT COUNTY, OH PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION The following information in the same for photographs 1 through 13 and 19. Photo # VIEW DESCRIPTION Pt.
Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society Photo #1 South and East elevations, looking northwest Photo #2 Northwest (rear) and east elevations, looking south. Photo #3 February 1998 Grant Birthplace, Caretaker's Residence and Garage, looking east. Photo #4 Grant Birthplace and Caretaker's Residence, looking west. Caretaker's Garage, looking north. Grant Memorial Park, looking east toward Grant Birthplace. Photo #7 Photo #8 Grant Memorial Bridge, looking north. Grant Memorial Bridge, stone pylons and Beacons, looking north-northwest. Continuation Sheet River. Glenn A. Harper, photographer Stephen C.
Gordon, photographer National Register of Historic Places U.S.Grant Birthplace and Grant Commemorative Site Historic District August 1997 NPS Form 10-900-a Photo #5 Photo #6 Grant Birthplace, stone flagging, stone gutters and low retaining walls, looking southwest toward Ohio Photo #9 (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OBM Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service U.S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT CLERMONT COUNTY, OH PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION (con't) Photo #10 Glenn A. Harper, photographer August 1997 Grant Memorial Bridge, Pylons and Grant Bronze plaque, looking southwest. Photo #11 Stephen C. Gordon, photographer WPA Retaining wall, looking west toward Ohio River. Grant Birthplace and Caretaker's Residence, flagstone walk and "wishing well", looking north. U.S.
Grant Birthplace and Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District Pt. Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio Photographer unknown Archives-Library Division, Ohio Historical Society Photo #14 Grant Birthplace, south and east elevations looking northwest. Photo ca. 1936 Photo #15 Illustration of Grant Birthplace. Photo #17 Grant Birthplace, west and south (front) elevations, looking northeast. Photo #18 Grant Birthplace, south (front) and east elevations, looking northwest. Continuation Sheet Circa 1885 Memorial Park. February 1998 National Register of Historic Places Stone flagging and stone walls, south of Caretaker's Residence, looking northeast.
The following information is the same for photographs 14 through18 Section number Photos Page_ Photo # Photo#16 Grant Birthplace and Caretaker's Residence, North (rear) and west elevations, looking east-southeast from Grant Birthplace, Grant Memorial Park and WPA Retaining wall, looking northeast. DESCRIPTION (8-86) U.S.GRANT PARK StateRoute +-232 Scale I" = 100' (Note: #15 is photo of a historic drawing) Short PLAT Water Creek Indian Locust 3,16 U.S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT Back. COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT PHOTO LEGEND OHIO RIVER FIGURE I1. SITE PLAN Birthplace (c) Limestone Walls - WPA (c) Caretaker's House (c) Caretaker's Garage (c) Bridge Span (nc) Original Grant Park Trees Civil War Cannon Short PLAT Water LEGEND Indian Creek Back Locust Memorial Park Stone Stairs U.S.
GRANT BIRTHPLACE AND GRANT "Wishing Well" district boundaries COMMEMORATIVE SITES HISTORIC DISTRICT U. S.G RANT OHIO RIVEr Scale I" - 100' UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 45TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM. /CRITERIA TELEPHONE RETURN REJECT DATE REVIEWER MULTIPLE 8/05/98 8/24/98 7/10/98 District DISCIPLINE OTHER: DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF 16TH DAY: STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Clermont REASONS FOR REVIEW: Bntered in tho COMMEMORATIVE SITES H. D. PT. PLEASANT, OH PHOTO #1 GRANT BIRTHPLACE GRANT BIRTHPLACE PT. PLEASANT OM PHOTO COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D. 4.S. GRANT BIRTAPLACE & GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D. Pr.
PLEASANT OI PHOTO #3 4.S. GRANT BIRTAPLACE E GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D. PT. PLEASANT OH PHOTO #4 GRANT BIRTHPLACE CARETAKEDEREs CARETAKER'S GARAGE PT. PLEASANT OH PHOTO #5 COMMEMORATIVE SITES IH.D. OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY STATE MEMORIAL GRANT BIRTHPLACE COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D. PT. PLEASANT ON COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D. GRANT BIRTHPLACE Pr. PLEASANT OH U.S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE EGRANT PT. PLEASANT OH COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D. GRANT MEMONIAL BRIDGE Pr. PLEASANT OH COMAEMONATIVE SITES H.D. COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D. GRANT MEMORIAL BRIDGE PT. PLEASANT OH U.S. GRANT BIRTHPLACE 4 GRANT COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D. WPA RETAINING WALE & STAIRS PT. PLEASANT OH PHOTO #11 COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D PT.PLEASANT OH STONE FLAGGING COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D Pr. PLEASANT, OH U, S. GRANT BIRTMPLACE & GRANT the following credit line: Photographer unknown Photo ca.
1937 any purpose without permission of the Ohio COMMEMORATIVE SITES H.D GRANT BIRTHPLACE CLERMWNT COUNTY OHIO This photogiaph may not be reproduced for Historical Society, and in all cases musl carry OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY BIRTH PLACE OF GEN V. S. GRANT OUGHT TO EXIST, WHEN ONE OF POINT PLEASANT, OHIO. ITS CORNERSTONES IS OPPOSED TO FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND THE GRANTSMEMOIRS CONSCIENCE" RIGHT TO WORSHIP GOD ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OFONES OWN NO POLITICAL PARTY CAN OR any purpose without permission of the Ohio the following aedht line: OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Flower garden U. S. Grant's birthplace Point Pleasant Ohf U.S.
GRANT BIRTHPLACE X GrANT Historical Society, and in all caces must « any purpose without permission of the This photograph may not be reprodu GRANT BIRTH PLACE HISTORIC DISTRICT Commemo RATVE STEs the following cedit line: GRANT BIRTHPLACE This photograph may not be reproduced ! the following cedit line: PT. PLEASANT, OH any purpose without permission of the O COmmEMORATIVE SITES U.S GRANT BIRTH PLACe+GIANT Historical Society, and in all cases must i HiSTORIC DISTRICT GRANT STATE MEMORIAL POINT PLEASANT OHIO U.S. GRANT BIRTMPLACE EGRANT any purpose without permission of the Oi the following edit line: COMMEMORATIVE SITES This photogiaph may not be reproduced o GRANT BIRTAPLACE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY PHOTO #18 PT. PLEASANT OH COMMEM ORATIUE SITES H.D GRANT BIRTHPLACE, PARK E WPA RETAINING WALL CLE- 52-10.70 CLERMONT COUNTY Rest Room Ex.
Stone Grill 1+00 Existing Concrete Parking Area Existing Asphalt Farking Area. @ 2.08 - Waste Receptacle Sieive DISTRICT 8 ROADSIDE REST AREA PARK NO. 09-3 LEGEND New SITE PLAN LIMESTONE WALL REST AREA 8-3 1+15 OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAP 2 2+30 1+50 Wall 3,0.0,Ns 1. 566+31./7 4"Lt. of Prop. Drinking Fountaini + SR. 23 @ 0+85 @ 1+05 Sidewalk to be removed and replaced 70 2t.of g Sidewalk Meter House 2+60 MONROE TOWNSHIP Water @1+44. 0+55 @191 2+13 42-0" @1+96 Pole- .00.00 CLERMINT CE. LAUREL, OHIO-KY. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LAUREL QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PT. PLEASANT UTM REFERENCE!
OHIO-KENTUCKY -39°00 (614) 644-6034 - Office (513) 553-4636 - Home Agriculture & Natural Resources 72nd House District Finance & Appropriations Brown, Clinton and Chair - Agriculture & Development Clermont (part) Counties Health, Retirement & Aging Transportation & Public Safety REC'D BY OHPO NOV2 6 1997. November 24, 1997 Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, OH 43211 Dear Members of the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board: Thank you for agreeing to consider the U.S. Grant Birthplace and Grant Commemorative Sites Historic District for nomination to the National Register of A strong argument can certainly be made that the birthplace of such an important historical figure as Ulysses S. Grant holds exceptional significance and commemorative value to our nation. I urge your favorable recommendation. Dr. Gary C.
Ness, OHS Director 77 South High Street Columbus, OH 43266-0603 Sincerely, Representative COMMITTEES: Jeanene Ginn Historic Places. Mary Campbell Printed on necycled paper State Representative Rose Vesper Subcommittee I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate my strong support for this action. BATAVIA, OHIO 45103 GRANT 567 E. Hudson St. Columbus, OH 43211 December 6, 1997 Pt. Pleasant, Ohio, Clermont County, to be included on The Richard Grgetic, president 1822 site. 1300 CREATED CHARTERED 1958 BIRTHPLACE BAP Advisory Board Dear Friends, Sincerely, Thank you so much for your consideration. CLERMONT COUNTY Ohio Historical Site Preservation We feel that it deserves national recognition. That the commanding general of the Union Armies and be included in the register.
born in such a simple one-room house on the ohio River is soon in favor of the Ulysses S.Grant's Iunderstand that there will bea presentation made the 18th President of the United States should have been REC'D BY OHPO DECO 91997 P. O. Box 14 Historical Sooiety Clermont County Historical Society's position that it should remarkable.The little house is intact and on the original REC'D BY OHPO DFC1 11997 GRANT MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH St. Rt. 232 and Back St. Pt. Pleasant, Ohio 45153 December 8, 1997 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 RE: U. S. Grant's Birthplace Pt. Pleasant, Ohio History and, certainly, for our local history - to preserve President U. S. Grant put on the National Register. Loretta Fuhrman, Curator of Grant's Birthplace GG/jrg Birthplace put on the National Register for Historic Places.
Sincerely, Thank you for your consideration to have the birthplace of Ohio Historical Society Gordon Ginn it for now and for future generations. Lay Leader James Hackney, Chairman of the Board Shannon Luckey, Pastor want to relay our wishes to have President U.S.Grant's We, the members of Grant Memorial United Methodist Church, We feel this isa must for such an important part of American To Whom It May Concern: 2828 St. Rt. 222 Bethel, Ohio 45106 513 734 6700 December 9, 1997 Ohio Historic Site Preservation Office Dear Advisory Board: Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 As a citizen in Monroe Township and as a Trustee of Monroe Township, I want considering the nomination. Thank you for your consideration. Monroe Township Trustees 567 East Hudson Street Register of Historic Places. Iam pleased that the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board is to give my support to the U.S.
Grant Birthplace being placed in the National REC'D BY OHPO DEC1 11997 Respectfully, Joyce Ann Richardson ) U.S. GRANT 175TH BIRTHDAY *** * APRIL 23-27, 1997 - GEORGETOWN, OHIO December 9, 1997 Dr. Amos J. Loveday, Jr. State Historical Preservation Officer 567 E. Hudson St. Columbus, OH 43211-2497 Re: U.S. Grant Birthplace & Commemorative Site, Pt. Pleasant, Ohio I am writing as President of the U.S. Grant Homestead Association in support of the effort to have the U.S. Grant Birthplace and commemorative site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Last year, in the course of celebrating the 175th Anniversary of U.S. Grant's birthday, the U.S.
Grant Homestead Association established the Grant historic sites in Georgetown, Ohio, Clermont County, Ripley and Maysville, Ky as the "Land of Grant." birthplace is a very popular tourist stop at the present time and designation on the National Register of Historic Places will only enhance its popularity. We have also been working with the American Automobile Association to include reference in its Ohio tour book concerning the birthplace, homestead and schoolhouse in Georgetown. The U.S. Grant homestead here in Georgetown is a national landmark. school children in the Southwestern Ohio area in the history of U.S. Grant and his family. This national recognition would only enhance the Birthplace as a nationally known historic site.
The house and the immediate area is of great architectural significance as an "I was born on the 27th of April, 1822...In the fall of 1823 we moved to Georgetown...This place remained my home until..I went to West Point." U.S. Grant Memoirs The birthplace and its adjoining sites are an integral part of the"Land of Grant."The effective sites in furthering and preserving the history of U.s. Grant and his family. The birthplace is an important site in continuing and furthering the interest of Dear Dr. Loveday: It would be complemented very nicely by the birthplace and sites being listed on the The birthplace and the adjoining properties are the most recognizable and who along with President Abraham Lincoln, was instrumental in preserving the United Very truly yours Stanley K. Purdy President States.
SKP/tat example of housing on the Ohio frontier.It represents the roots of a man who was to become a two-term President, hold the same military rank as George Washington and, If I can provide you any further information or support please let me know. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Clermont County, Ohio Richard L. Martin Robert L. Proud December 10, 1997 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 Attn: Mr. Steve Gordon Dear Mr. Gordon : We, the Board of County Commissioners', Clermont County, Ohio President/General Grant's Birthplace, located in Point Pleasant, Once again, we strongly urge the placement of President Ulysses S. Telephone(513) 732-7300- 101East Main Street, Batavia, Ohio45103-2960 - Fax (513) 732-7826 Martha Dorsey Thank you for your consideration. the National Historic Registry. Grant's Birthplace on the National Historic Registry.
significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. eighteenth president of the United States. in-chief of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War and the strongly support the placing of ulysses S.Grant's Birthplace on Ulysses S.Grant was born on April 27,1822 and was the commander- DEC1 11997 President and is associated with events that have made a Martha Dorsey, President Ohio contains historical memorabilia and furnishings of the 18th REC'D BY OHPO Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 614/ 297-2470 Fax: 614/ 297-2496 Visit us at www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/ SINCE 1885 National Park Service National Register, History & Education Programs Mail Stop 2280, Suite 400 1849 C. Street, NW Enclosed please find three (3) new National Register nominations. All appropriate NEW SUBMISSION U.S.
Grant Birthplace and Commemorative Sites Historic District Railroad Park (Substantive Review) If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. Amos J. Loveday, Jr. State Historic Preservation Officer Coshocton COUNTY SOCIETY Sincerely, Hardin enclosures Clermont July 2, 1998 HISTORICAL Eldridge-Higgins Building Dear Ms. Shull: Washington, D. C. 20240 notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration Ada Pennsylvania Passenger Depot and OHIO
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