National Park Service approves Grant Cottage as National Historic Landmark | The Daily Gazette
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WILTON Grant Cottage, the location where former president Ulysses S. Grant completed his final memoirs prior to his 1885 death, was approved as a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service on Jan. 13.
For six years, Tim Welch and the Friends of Grant Cottage worked and advocated for the cottage’s new designation, which lists it on the historic tourism map and allows the cottage to apply for several federal historic preservation grants.
“I thought, ‘Isn’t it about time,’” Welch, president of Friends of Grant Cottage, said. “I’ve been associated with the organization for over 10 years, we started this project six years ago. And it’s taken a bit longer than anybody would have thought.”