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U.S. Grant Birthplace

Point Pleasant · Clermont County · Southwest Ohio
A one-room cottage that traveled and came home
Ohio River byway stopOhio History Connection

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U.S. Grant Birthplace, 1551 OH-232, Point Pleasant
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April to September: Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Monday, Tuesday and Independence Day. Some listings differ, so call or check the website.
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The cottage where Grant was born, moved around the country after his death and reassembled beside the Ohio River.

Born
Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, in a one-story frame cottage built in 1817 near a tannery
Family
His father Jesse rented it while working as foreman of the tannery; they moved to Georgetown before Ulysses turned one
Journey
After Grant died in 1885 the house was taken apart, shipped to Cincinnati for an exposition and later toured, before it was rebuilt at Point Pleasant
Admission
Free, with donations welcome (one listing gives $3)
Managed
Locally by Historic New Richmond for the Ohio History Connection

The story

Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in a one-room frame cottage in Point Pleasant, on the Ohio River, and christened Hiram Ulysses. His father Jesse worked as foreman of a local tannery and rented the house. Within a year the family moved to Georgetown, and the cottage became a curiosity when Grant became famous.

After his death in 1885, supporters took the house apart and shipped it downriver by barge to Cincinnati for the Ohio Valley Centennial Exposition. It was later shown in Columbus at the state fairgrounds, toured the country by railroad flatcar and was finally rebuilt in Point Pleasant, where the U.S. Grant Birthplace stands beside a small set of commemorative features. President Warren G. Harding spoke there on the 100th anniversary of Grant's birth. It is the first stop of a Grant tour that continues to the Boyhood Home in Georgetown.

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The House That Went on Tour

After Grant died in 1885, a country that had made him a hero wanted a relic. His birthplace cottage was dismantled, floated down the Ohio to a Cincinnati fair and put on display. Then it went on the road, on a railroad flatcar, from fair to fair.

It finally came home to Point Pleasant, where it was put back together beside the river.

Behind the legend

The 1817 build date, the 1822 birth, the 1885 dismantling and the trip to Cincinnati are on Wikipedia and the Ohio History Connection's pages. The railroad tour and state fair display are in an Ohio-First site's account. How much of the current building is original is not spelled out in the sources here.

If you go

Visit the cottage and then continue to Georgetown for the Boyhood Home, about twenty miles inland.

Visiting

Status
Open seasonally
Managed by
Historic New Richmond, for the Ohio History Connection
Hours
April to September: Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Monday, Tuesday and Independence Day. Some listings differ, so call or check the website.
Admission
Free; donations are accepted (one listing gives adult admission at $3).
Phone
See Historic New Richmond
Please note
Allow about an hour.
Address
1551 State Route 232, Point Pleasant, OH 45153
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Parks nearby

East Fork State Park
About 20 miles · A big camping lake to the east of the site.
Open

Buckeye Trail

Williamsburg Section
53 miles · on or near the Buckeye Trail
Open

Details last checked 2026-09-22. Confirm hours and prices before you go.