A Report on the 1991 Excavations at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site St. Louis, Missouri

Author(s): Vergil E. Noble

Year: 1997

Summary

For three weeks during the summer of 1991, an archeological team investigated the abandoned estate of White Haven, family home of Julia Dent Grant, which now is referred to as Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site since coming into the National Park System in 1990. Those excavations served two major purposes: (1) to provide information on the structural evolution of White Haven for preparation of a Historic Structures Report on the property; and (2) to examine two large open grassy parcels identified as possible alternative parking areas for the Historic Site. Results of the study have contributed new data bearing on the main house and particularly an attached stone structure. Survey of the parking alternatives, furthermore, eliminated neither parcel completely from consideration at this time.

Cite this Record

A Report on the 1991 Excavations at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site St. Louis, Missouri. Vergil E. Noble. Midwest Archeological Center Technical Report ,No. 49. Lincoln, Nebraska: Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service. 1997 ( tDAR id: 376075) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8T43STG

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Metal • Shell • Textile • Wood

Site Name
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Site Type
Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Julia Dent • Ulysses S. Grant • White Haven

Temporal Keywords
18th Century • 19th Century

Spatial Coverage

min long: -90.387; min lat: 38.529 ; max long: -90.003; max lat: 38.831 ;

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