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"About half my school-days in Georgetown were spent at the school of John D. White, a North Carolinian, and the father of Chilton White..."
-- from Ulysses S. Grant;
Memoirs and Selected Letters,
1839-1865
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant in April 1822. In 1823, his parents moved twenty miles east to Georgetown, where his father opened his own tannery. Ulysses worked in his father's tannery and, from the ages of about six to thirteen, he attended classes in the little schoolhouse on Water Street.
The building, built in 1829, consisted of only one room at that time. The teacher was John White, whom Grant mentioned in his memoirs. Later, he attended an academy in Maysville, Kentucky, for a year, and then John Rankin's academy at Ripley for a year. His father then succeeded in getting him appointed to West Point where, through a bureaucratic error, his name was listed as Ulysses Simpson Grant.
Hours: Memorial Day - Labor Day
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Monday, Tuesday, Holidays |
CLOSED |
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Wednesday - Sunday |
12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Or by appointment
Hours: September - October
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Monday - Friday, Holidays |
CLOSED |
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Saturday - Sunday |
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Or by appointment
Admission
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$3.00* |
| Youths 6 -12 |
$1.00* |
* This price covers admission to both the Grant Schoolhouse and the Grant Boyhood Home.
Location
Grant Schoolhouse is located at 508 South Water Street, two blocks south of State Route 125, in Georgetown, Ohio.
General Information
Grant Schoolhouse
Grant Homestead Association
c/o Stan Purdy
318 W. State St.
Georgetown, OH 45121
Phone:
937-378-3087
Handicapped Accessibility
Ohio Historical Society strives to meet ADA requirements. However, historic structures and outdoor areas provide challenges that make it difficult to provide complete access to all visitors. Please call the site with specific questions and concerns.
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