Grant Cottage State Historic Site

Grant Cottage
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Grant's Cottage in 2009
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Location	CR 101 N of Rte. 9, Mount McGregor, New York
Coordinates	43°12′3.46″N 73°44′44.76″W / 43.2009611°N 73.7457667°W / 43.2009611; -73.7457667Coordinates: 43°12′3.46″N 73°44′44.76″W / 43.2009611°N 73.7457667°W / 43.2009611; -73.7457667
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1872 (1872)
Built by	McGregor, Duncan
NRHP Reference #	71000557[1]
Added to NRHP	February 18, 1971

Grant Cottage State Historic Site is an Adirondack mountain cottage on the slope of Mount McGregor in Wilton, New York. Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, died of throat cancer at the cottage on July 23, 1885. The house was made a New York State Historic Site in 1971.^[2]

The cottage was originally owned by Joseph William Drexel, a New York banker and friend of Grant, and Grant would spend the last six weeks of his life there. Author and publisher Mark Twain gave Grant a $25,000 advance to write his memoirs; Grant completed the manuscript just three days before he died. During the next two years, sales of the work netted his family nearly $450,000 in royalties, saving his widow, Julia, from destitution. For decades after his death, thousands of Civil War veterans made a pilgrimage to this shrine outside Saratoga Springs. Thousands more visit Mt. McGregor annually to see the original artifacts preserved at this historic site.^[2]

Visitors can tour the historic house museum which has been furnished exactly as it was on the day Grant died. Some of the original floral arrangements from the funeral are on display, and the bed in which he died is shown in the bedroom. Also seen is the clock that was at the cottage, stopped at 8:03am by Frederick Dent Grant, who then reached over and touched his father's forehead for the last time. A marker is located outside the cottage on the spot where Grant had his last look of the valley; it had to be fenced off to stop visitors from chipping off pieces as souvenirs. A visitor center and gift shop are also located there. A plaque is located a short distance away from the cottage and memorializes the fact that Grant died there. A New York historic marker is located a few yards from the cottage.^[3]

Marker

See also

• General Grant National Memorial (Grant's Tomb)
• Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, near St. Louis
• Ulysses S. Grant Home, Galena, Illinois
• Grant Boyhood Home, Georgetown, Ohio
• Grant Birthplace, Point Pleasant, Ohio
• List of New York State Historic Sites

References

External links

• Grant Cottage State Historic Site, at New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
• Ulysses S. Grant cottage, at Friends of the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage

Ulysses S. Grant
18th President of the United States (1869–1877) Commanding General of the United States Army 1865-1869
Life and politics	Early life and career Birth Place Boyhood home Grant Schoolhouse Point Pleasant, Ohio Grant Home
Military Career	Military Service Commanding General of the United States Army American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Battle of Appomattox Court House Campaigns Vicksburg Campaign Chattanooga Campaign Overland Campaign Petersburg Campaign Appomattox Campaign General of the Army Reconstruction Era
Presidency	First Term First inauguration Scandals Reforms Peace Policy Department of Justice XV Amendment Treaty of Washington Korean Expedition Pardons Cabinet State of the Union addresses 1869 1870 1871 1872 Second Term Reelection Second inauguration Comstock Laws Panic of 1873 Civil Rights Act Modoc War Great Sioux War Judicial appointments State of the Union addresses 1873 1874 1875 1876
Elections	Republican National Convention, 1868 1872 United States presidential election, 1868 1872
Post-presidency	Later life of Ulysses S. Grant Bid for a Third Term
Legacy	Bibliography Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Grant's Tomb Grant Park Grant Memorial Presidential library General Grant (ship) General Grant (tree) Grant Cottage State Historic Site Lee and Grant at Appomattox The Peacemakers Cultural depictions U.S. Postage stamps Currency $50 Bill Grant High School U.S. Grant Hotel
Family	Hannah Grant (mother) Julia Grant (wife) Frederick Dent Grant (son) Ulysses S. Grant Jr. (son) Jesse Root Grant (son) Nellie Grant (daughter) Ulysses S. Grant III (grandson) Chapman Grant (grandson) Ulysses S. Grant IV (grandson) Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky-Grant (granddaughter) Ulysses S. Grant V (great-grandson) Cincinnati (horse)
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