Hunt-Phelan Home, the antebellum mansion once occupied by Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, will not be occupied this summer because of back-to-back storms that damaged the roof.
Owner Bill Day, the fifth generation landlord of the one-time tourist attraction at 533 Beale, inherited the home from his uncle Stephen Phelan in 1992 and had operated it as The Inn at Hunt Phelan, a bed and breakfast and restaurant that hosted private receptions and parties.
Day also bui… (View original article)