Jesse Grants Georgetown Tannery

Gifted to Ohio History Connection by Robert Waters, a Georgetown resident, Jesse Grant’s Tannery sits just across the street from Ulysses S. Grant’s Boyhood Home. The tannery served as the Grant family’s livelihood for many years. Built in 1823 by Jesse Grant, young Grant expressed a strong dislike for the practice and was not fond of his father’s tannery business. He found other ways to make his money which ultimately helped steer him towards West Point. Though the tannery was converted into a house in 1938, the Ohio History Connection and U.S. Grant Homestead Association plan to restore the nearly 200 year old property to approximate the original.