Grant House

Grant House is a New Jersey historical marker in Burlington County, dedicated 1964.

Marker is on Wood Street 0.1 miles north of West Broad Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Home of General Ulysses S. Grant's family during the last days of the Civil War. Visited by Grant on the day of Lincoln's death.

TodayHistorical map

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USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

Historical maps covering this location

1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1942 · Burlington, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1947 · Bristol, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Burlington, Pennsylvania, 1942, covering the location of Grant House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Burlington, Pennsylvania, 1942, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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