Historical Marker

Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson

Augusta · Richmond County · Erected 1955

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The Story

The future president spent his formative boyhood years in this 1859 Presbyterian manse, where his father ministered and young Tommy Wilson witnessed the Civil War's devastation firsthand.

About this site

Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County, erected in 1955. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4716, -81.9649 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wilson, Woodrow, Boyhood Home (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lamar, Joseph Rucker, Boyhood Home, Joseph R. Lamar, Associate Justice, and The First Presbyterian Church.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.4716, -81.9649 · Augusta, Richmond County

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