Tomb named General Grant National Memorial
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The Tomb named General Grant National Memorial is the monumental mausoleum in New York City that serves as the final resting place of U.S. Civil War general and 18th President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| General Grant National Memorial | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mausoleum
ⓘ
national memorial ⓘ tomb ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Grant’s Tomb
ⓘ
surface form:
General Grant’s Tomb
Grant’s Tomb ⓘ
surface form:
Grant's Tomb
|
| architect | John Hemenway Duncan ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Neoclassical architecture
ⓘ
Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
surface form:
Romanesque Revival architecture
|
| category |
Monuments and memorials in Manhattan
ⓘ
Presidential memorial in the United States ⓘ |
| commemorates |
American Civil War service of Ulysses S. Grant
ⓘ
presidency of Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1897 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1891 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBurial | 1897-04-27 ⓘ |
| finalRestingPlaceOf |
Julia Dent Grant
ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Park Service
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| hasInscription | "Let Us Have Peace" ⓘ |
| hasPart |
domed rotunda
ⓘ
exterior colonnade ⓘ mosaic murals ⓘ sarcophagus of Julia Dent Grant ⓘ sarcophagus of Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| height | approximately 150 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | U.S. National Memorial ⓘ |
| honors | Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
Morningside Heights ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
Riverside Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Columbia University
ⓘ
Riverside Church ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Hudson River ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
granite
ⓘ
marble ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| opened | 1897-04-27 ⓘ |
| owner | United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States National Park System
ⓘ
surface form:
National Park System
|
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Who is buried in Grant's Tomb? (rhetorical question) ⓘ |
| visitorCenter |
General Grant National Memorial
ⓘ
surface form:
General Grant National Memorial Visitor Center
|
Referenced by (1)
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