General Grant National Memorial

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General Grant National Memorial is a monumental mausoleum in New York City that serves as the final resting place of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia Dent Grant.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mausoleum
national memorial
tourist attraction
addedToNRHP October 15, 1966
alsoKnownAs Grant’s Tomb
surface form: Grant's Tomb
architect John Hemenway Duncan
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

Neoclassical architecture
category Mausoleums in New York City
Monuments and memorials in Manhattan
Presidential memorial in the United States
commemorates Civil War service of Ulysses S. Grant
constructionCompleted 1897
constructionStarted 1891
contains tombs of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Dent Grant
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dedicatedBy William McKinley
surface form: President William McKinley
dedicatedOn April 27, 1897
finalRestingPlaceOf Julia Dent Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
governingBody National Park Service
hasFeature domed roof
granite columns
sarcophagi
hasInscription Let Us Have Peace
hasMosaic Civil War battle scenes
height approximately 150 feet
honors Julia Dent Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
locatedIn Manhattan
Morningside Heights
New York City
Riverside Park NERFINISHED
locatedOn Riverside Drive NERFINISHED
maintainedBy National Park Service
materialUsed granite
marble
namedAfter Ulysses S. Grant
nearestSubwayStation 125th Street subway station
surface form: 125th Street (New York City Subway)
NRHPType National Memorial
openedToPublic 1897
operatedBy National Park Service law enforcement units
surface form: National Park Service rangers
overlooks Hudson River
partOf United States National Park System
referenceNumber 66000095
shape cylindrical
visitorCenter General Grant National Memorial self-linksurface differs
surface form: General Grant National Memorial Visitor Center

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Julia Dent Grant buriedAt General Grant National Memorial
Sam Grant burialPlace General Grant National Memorial
General Grant National Memorial, New York City, United States visitorCenter General Grant National Memorial
subject surface form: General Grant National Memorial
this entity surface form: General Grant National Memorial Visitor Center
Tomb named General Grant National Memorial visitorCenter General Grant National Memorial
subject surface form: General Grant National Memorial
this entity surface form: General Grant National Memorial Visitor Center
John H. Duncan notableWork General Grant National Memorial
John H. Duncan designed General Grant National Memorial
this entity surface form: General Grant National Memorial in New York City
Grant’s Tomb officialName General Grant National Memorial
subject surface form: Grant's Tomb
General Grant National Memorial visitorCenter General Grant National Memorial self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: General Grant National Memorial Visitor Center
John Hemenway Duncan notableWork General Grant National Memorial
John Hemenway Duncan designed General Grant National Memorial
National Historic Sites in New York hasPart General Grant National Memorial