GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL MEMORIAL

West 122nd Street and Riverside Drive
John Duncan, 1890–97
New York City Individual and Interior Landmark
State and National Registers of Historic Places

This Classical Revival mausoleum, the largest in the United States, is the resting place of President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia Dent Grant. Its design is based on the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Once one of the most popular tourist destinations in the city, it is run by the National Park Service.

 

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