Visitor center · New York, NY
General Grant National Memorial Visitor Center and Overlook Pavilion — General Grant National Memorial
Located west of the mausoleum across the southbound lane of Riverside Drive, the visitor center provides a bookstore/gift shop, information desk staffed by a park ranger, interpretive exhibits and a 22-minute park film about Ulysses S. Grant and the mausoleum. The overlook pavilion offers a view of the surrounding Riverside Park and the Hudson River. The structure was originally a comfort station built in 1910 and was renovated to become the visitor center in 2011.
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- General Grant National Memorial
- National Memorial
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