White Haven Farm: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Regions 3, 4, & 5 Park Cultural Landscapes Program. 2008. White Haven Farm: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 500101. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. NPS Midwest Regional Office, Omaha, Nebraska / CRIS-CL Database
Inventory Unit Description: Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is located at 7400 Grant Road in St. Louis Missouri, in southern St. Louis County. The site was owned by Ulysses S. Grant, Union General and 18th President of the United States. The National Park Service is now responsible for 9.65 acres of the original White Haven Farm owned by Grant. The site includes extensive tree and shrub cover, five historic buildings, and limited circulation patterns. The site is currently adjacent to residential housing, Grantwood Village, which borders it on two sides, and Crestwood Village as the border on one side. On the south side of the property is an amusement park/petting zoo called Grant’s Farm run by Anheuser-Busch Companies, InBev. The property of Grant’s Farm contains approximately 200 acres of what had once been owned by Grant for the farm. Between the amusement park and the historic site are the remnants of a rail line that served the area while Grant was the owner of White Haven. The rail line has been converted into a recreational trail called Grant’s Trail and stretches for 8 miles from Affton to Kirkwood, MO. Parallel to the rail line is Grant Road, which provides the primary access to the site.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Regions 3, 4, & 5 Park Cultural Landscapes Program
- Date of Issue
- 2008-09-09
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- MWR , ULSG
- Keywords
- agriculture, architecture, exploration-settlement, farm, Grant Wood, Grant-Dent Farm, Julia Dent Grant, military, Missouri, National Historic Landmark, Political and Military Affairs 1865-1939, politics-government, president, railroad, social history, The Civil War, Ulysses S Grant