Grant's Tomb: An Overview
Building Design Characteristics

Dedicated in 1897, Grant's Tomb is the second largest mausoleum in the Western Hemisphere (the Garfield Memorial is the first).

Rendered in an eclectic neoclassical style, the monument is adorned by Doric columns on the lower level and a cupola above. It rises 150 feet above the ground and over 280 feet above the banks of the Hudson River.

Early View of Grant's Tomb from the Hudson River

From Riverside Drive

The architect of the monument, John H. Duncan, envisioned "a Monumental Tomb, no matter from what point of view it may be seen."

The structure symbolically faces south.

South Elevation	East Elevation	North Elevation

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