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MOREAU, N.Y. — Grant Cottage is now off the grid, following a switch to solar during Earth Week. Set atop Mount McGregor in Saratoga County, the National Historic Landmark known as the final home of Civil War Commanding General of the U.S. Army and 18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant has joined the renewable energy era. A new solar powered micro-grid is now providing 100 percent of the electricity needed by the two-story residence and visitors center at the site, according to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. - Advertisement - The $400,000 project...

Grant Cottage first N.Y. historic site fueled by solar FacebookTwitterEmail 21 1of21Buy PhotoOperations Manager at Grant Cottage State Historic Site Ben Kemp, dressed as Ulysses S. Grant, talks to people as workers from New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation install solar panels at Grant Cottage State Historic Site on Monday, April 19, 2021 in Wilton, N.Y. Grant Cottage is the first NYS park to disconnect from the grid. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of21Buy PhotoErik Kulleseid, commissioner of New York State Of...

Historic Grant Cottage in Wilton being powered by solar panels | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 WILTON — The Grant Cottage State Historic Site on Mount McGregor is getting all its power from an array of solar panels and is off the commercial power grid, state officials announced Monday. The state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced the conversion took place in partnership with the state Energy Research and Development Authority. It is the first State Parks facility to go entirely off the grid, though there has been a concerted effort to add solar power to pa...

MOREAU, N.Y. — After years of advocacy, Grant Cottage - the final home of Civil War Commanding General of the U.S. Army and 18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant -

Created: January 21, 2021 01:33 PM A state historic site in Saratoga County is now a national landmark. Grant Cottage is located just below the summit of Mount McGregor in Saratoga County. It's where President Ulysses S. Grant went to finish writing his memoirs just prior to his death in 1885. The 43-acre property was acquired by the State Parks Department in 1957. It was designated a national historic landmark this week by the National Park Service.