Hiram Ulysses Grant, as he was originally named, lived in this brick house from the time he was a year old until he left to attend West Point at age 17. His father, Jesse, built the family home and a tannery across the street, where livestock were slaughtered, hides were soaked in lye and then cured with acid, and young Grant was expected to work when he was not in school. He ground bark in the bark mill and cleaned hides of flesh, hair, and dirt in the beam shop, though he disliked tannery labor and preferred working with horses. At age 7 he could drive a team of horses and hauled wood for the house and tannery; at 11 he plowed fields, brought in crops, and took over all the work done with horses; and by age 14 he owned and operated a livery service that delivered passengers around Ohio. In 1840, after he went to the military academy at West Point, Jesse and Hannah Grant and their remaining children moved to Bethel, Ohio, and Ulysses Grant never again lived in the Georgetown house.