Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (White Haven)

Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, met his beloved wife, Julia Dent, at White Haven plantation in 1844. He lived there with his growing family from 1854 to 1859 and ...

The Roads to White Haven

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Settlement in St. Louis County first occurred along the three main thoroughfares out from the city: Gravois to the southwest, Manchester to the west, and Natural Bridge to the northwest. Railroad development paralleled the Mississippi ...

New Buildings for White Haven

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Grant's plans for developing the farm resulted in many improvements, including a barn and stable built between 1869 and 1872. The stable you see today housed Grant's horses. The barn that also appears in the ...

The White Haven Estate: Other Houses

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

White Haven was the name given to both the house and the estate. Typical of many large plantations, other houses on the property were built and occupied by family members and slaves. White residents gave ...

White Haven's Outbuildings

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Operating this 850-acre farm required numerous outbuildings. These included a spring house built over the spring to provide a cool place for crocks of butter and cheese; a barn behind the main house for livestock ...

Whitehaven

Side A

Main part of house, two~story brick structure, built in 1860s by Edward Anderson. Edward Atkins bought it in 1903 and had noted Paducah architect A.L. Lassiter transform Victorian farmhouse into Classical revival mansion. He added the Corinthian ...

White Haven

Named for Josiah White (1781-1850) whose Lehigh Navigation system was vital to coal and lumber transport. This was the northern limit, 1837-1862, of the two-way navigation from Easton. Here it met White's 20-mile railroad to Wilkes-Barre with its inclined "Ashley ...

Whitehaven

Chartered by Charles Calvert, 3rd Lord Baltimore, c. 1685. Town Incorporated c. 1702.

Ferry operated here as early as 1692. Settlers were led by Col. George Gale of Whitehaven in the North of England. His first wife, Mildred Warner Washington ...