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Main entrance to Grant's home
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The lawn area of the property
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A close up
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Looking back at the house
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I've not seen this design for gutters before
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The stairway leading to the second floor
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Our tour guide in the parlor
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The piano
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I believe the tour guide said that the green chair was a favorite of Grant's
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His portrait along with two landscape paintings that were gifts to the Grants
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The dining room
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The dining room
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The two portraits hanging on the wall are Julia's parents & Ulysses parents
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The place settings & other items belonged to Julia Grant
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The Grants' bedroom
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A good-sized room
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The long narrow hallway that leads to the other bedrooms
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The bedrooms had lighting set up above the doorway, otherwise they would all be rather dark
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The Nellie Grant's room, the Grants' only daughter
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Pretty lace curtains
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Jesse Grant's room
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"Buck" Grant's room connects with Frederick's room
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Grant's library from the kitchen
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They had a bathtub in the house
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I can't imagine trying to cook on a stove like this
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Our guide talking about the "state of the art" kitchen the Grant's had
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I would love to have a pantry room like this off my kitchen
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Plenty of storage
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I think these things sticking up from the roof is supposed to keep ice from forming at the gutters during the winter snowfalls
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I like this Italianate style of house
