Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union and the 18th President of the United States, first met Julia Dent, his future wife, at her family home, named White Haven. Today, that home commemorates their lives and loving partnership against the turbulent backdrop of the nineteenth century.

Historic stable designed by Grant while President of the United States. He had plans for establishing a horse-breeding farm at White Haven. Today, the structure houses the park's museum exhibits.

The ice house and chicken house are two of the remaining outbuildings from White Haven. The ice house was built around 1840 and the chicken house dates from 1850 to 1870.

This stone building, located behind White Haven, consists of two rooms. Before the Civil War, the enslaved used this building for laundry and summer cooking.

While living at the White Haven property in St. Louis, Missouri, Ulysses S. Grant constructed a log cabin named "Hardscrabble." Despite taking more than a year to build the house, the Grant family only lived in it for three months in late 1856. Hardscrabble nevertheless remains a living legacy to Grant's life as a St. Louis farmer.