President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 to aid farmers in need of credit. This legislation created the nationwide Farm Credit System which included the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, the forerunner of today's AgFirst Farm . . . — — Map (db m134985) HM
The Woodrow Wilson Family Home is South Carolina's only presidential site and Columbia's earliest example of historic preservation advocacy. Traditionally celebrated for its association with the nation's 28th president, this circa-1871 property also . . . — — Map (db m134993) HM
Drawn in 1872, Camille Drie's bird's eye map of Columbia tells a lot about the neighborhood in which the Wilson family settled. Details include their property with its main house, kitchen building and a small outbuilding. On neighboring plots to the . . . — — Map (db m134994) HM
Woodrow Wilson's mother, Janet "Jessie" Wilson, is said to have planned their new home's landscape. Garden design during the 1870s sought to extend a home's interior beyond its windows by arranging plantings in a way that was visually appealing to . . . — — Map (db m134995) HM
Similar to the interior of their house, the Wilsons' yard was separated into public and private areas. The front garden featured a formal and ornamental landscape style intended for visitors and passersby. Private, utilitarian needs were met behind . . . — — Map (db m134996) HM
In order to know about aspects of the Wilsons' former house that no longer remain, researchers turned to oral history, maps, pictures and archaeology. Behind the house once stood a two-story kitchen building, a chicken coop, an outhouse, a barn and . . . — — Map (db m134997) HM
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Woodrow Wilson
World War President
Lived here in the home of
His parents
Dr. and Mrs. Jos. Ruggles Wilson
1871- 1874
Erected as a memorial by the
South Carolina Department
of the . . . — — Map (db m28100) HM
Built by 1872, this house was the boyhood home of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), twenty-eighth President of the United States (1913-21). It was constructed by his parents, the Reverend Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Jessie Woodrow Wilson, when they lived in . . . — — Map (db m28019) HM