“I really don’t have any idea what it may be worth,” Davidson said. Prices will start at about $1 million, Davidson said, adding that he hasn’t set a price for the renovated Grant home. We’ve got to think of a way to take care of people who need housing.” “We think that’s really important in today’s world. “Everything we do now, we try to incorporate multigenerational opportunities,” Davidson said. They’ll also have built-in granny flats with a separate, private entrance for parents, grandparents or adult children. Because land is so expensive, builders go up so they can get a bigger house on the same size lot, Davidson said.ĭesigned by BP Associates of San Diego in Spanish and Tuscan styling, the Carriage Hill homes will range from 2,524 square feet to 3,197 square feet with up to five bedrooms, up to 5 ½ bathrooms and a two-car or three-car garage. Single-story homes are a rarity in San Diego County. The Carriage Hill development is a bit of a rarity, partly because Bonita is pretty much built out so there’s been little new development, and partly because most of the homes in the development will be single-story. “Traffic is a major concern here in Bonita because we’re kind of a short-cut between Chula Vista and San Diego,” Stonehouse said.
He said he is concerned about traffic it could generate. “The development in general was pleasing and met all of our requirements,” Stonehouse said. The project was approved by Sweetwater Community Planning Group, although co-chairman Steve Stonehouse said the advisory group didn’t take a position the Grant home restoration. In addition to the Grant Home, Carriage Hill will be a gated community of 18 homes, 11 of which will be single-story. It was designed by San Diego architect Will Sterling Hebbard and cost $1,800 to build, according to the historical society.ĭavidson Communities and The Phair Company are developing a single-family home community in Bonita, most of which are single-story. The house is located on a knoll overlooking the Sweetwater Lake and dam. and his family at 5771 Sweetwater Road, the Dutch Colonial Revival style home is one of the few remaining 19th century structures in the Sweetwater Valley area, according to the South Bay Historical Society. “I’m going to restore the outside to be as (like) original as I can, trying to get the colors right.”īuilt in 1894 for Ulysses S. “I’m actually pretty pleased that we have the opportunity to build some homes around it and preserve it and kind of make it the center of attention,” Davidson said. “The houses we’re building are kind of showcased around the Grant House,” said Bill Davidson, president of Davidson Communities. The house will become part of the Carriage Hill community under construction by Davidson Communities and The Phair Co. Grant will be restored and sold as part of a single-family housing development. Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Ulysses S.A historic Bonita home that was built for the son of President Ulysses S. President Grant has some interesting political connections as well with relations to numerous former Presidents, as well as some of Hollywood's most memorable characters. He is a Mayflower descendant through Richard Warren, as well as a cousin to the chief judge and prosecutor at the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, Massachusetts Bay Governor William Stoughton.
The ancestry of President Grant traces back through colonial New England leading to family connections with people involved in some of America's most memorable historical events. This popularity would lead to Grant becoming the 18th President. His success at leading the Union Army to victory in the second half of the Civil War resulted in General Grant accepting General Robert E. Grant was probably the most popular man in America. Civil Warīy the end of the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Although he is known today as Ulysses Simpson Grant (Simpson being his mother's maiden name), he is reported to have said that the “S” didn't actually stand for anything. Grant of Ohio.” He apparently liked the initials U.S. Grant after his Congressman accidently nominated him to West Point as “Ulysses S. He reportedly changed his name to Ulysses S. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on 27 April 1822 in Clermont, Ohio, to Jesse and Hannah (Simpson) Grant. Grant was the 18th President of the United States.
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