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Woodrow Wilson Family Home
 
Marker detail: President Woodrow Wilson, ca. 1913 image, Touch for more information
Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Marker detail: President Woodrow Wilson, ca. 1913
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1 South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Midtown - Downtown — Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens
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
2 South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Midtown - Downtown — A Fortunate Survivor
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
3 South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Midtown - Downtown — Tommy Wilson's Neighborhood
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
4 South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Midtown - Downtown — Victorian By Design
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
5 South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Midtown - Downtown — Divided By Design
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
6 South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Midtown - Downtown — Pieces of the Past
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
7 South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Midtown - Downtown — Wilson Boyhood House
[ United States Emblem ] 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
8 South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Midtown - Downtown — 40-69 — Wilson House
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
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Mar. 29, 2024