General Grant National Memorial, New York City, United States

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General Grant National Memorial in New York City is a monumental mausoleum that serves as the final resting place of U.S. Civil War general and 18th President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia.

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

Neoclassical architecture
associatedWith American Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant administration
surface form: Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
burialPlaceOf Julia Dent Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
category Civil War memorial
Presidential memorial
completionDate 1897
constructionStartDate 1891
containsTombOf Julia Dent Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dedicatedBy William McKinley
surface form: President William McKinley
dedicatedOn April 27, 1897
governingBody National Park Service
hasFeature circular interior
colonnade
inscriptions
large central dome
mosaics
sarcophagi of Ulysses and Julia Grant
heritageDesignation U.S. National Memorial
honors Julia Dent Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
inception 1890s
locatedIn Manhattan
Morningside Heights
New York City
New York
surface form: New York State

Riverside Park
locatedNear Hudson River
locatedOn Riverside Drive
maintainedBy National Park Service
materialUsed granite
marble
namedAfter Ulysses S. Grant
openToPublic yes
owner United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf United States National Park System
surface form: National Park System
shape domed structure
significance largest mausoleum in North America
theme commemoration of Union victory in the American Civil War
visitorCenter General Grant National Memorial
surface form: General Grant National Memorial Visitor Center

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Ulysses S. Grant burialPlace General Grant National Memorial, New York City, United States
John H. Duncan designed General Grant National Memorial, New York City, United States
this entity surface form: Grant's Tomb in Manhattan