The Thomas Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home located in Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

 was one of two of the houses occupied by Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

's family during his childhood.

History

The home built in 1872, was the only home ever owned by the Wilson family. They lived there for only two short years, before Wilson's father resigned his position as pastor.

Today

A grassroots movement in 1928 preserved the home and prevented it's scheduled demolition. It opened to the public as a museum in 1932. The house is furnished with period pieces from the 1850's-1870's, but a few were actually owned by the Wilson family, including the bed where Wilson was born.

The house is currently undergoing restoration.

External links

• Woodrow Wilson Family Home - Historic Columbia