Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home, Presidential residence in Augusta, United States

The Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home is a two-story red brick house at 419 7th Street, with a side gable roof, five-bay front facade, and paired end chimneys. A central entrance with four white columns and a flat portico sits above white steps; dark green shutters flank multi-pane windows, and a black wrought-iron balcony railing runs below the first-floor windows. A service building and carriage house, also of load-bearing brick, stand behind.

The house was built in 1859 for Dr. Joseph Ruggles Wilson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, and his family, including his son Thomas, born in 1856. The Wilsons lived here until 1872, and the future president experienced the Civil War and Reconstruction in Augusta. The property remained the church's manse until 1929, then passed through several owners before Historic Augusta bought it at auction in 1991 and restored it over ten years.

The house was the manse of the First Presbyterian Church, where Wilson's father served as pastor, and it stands diagonally across from the church. A bedroom window bears the name "Tom" etched into the glass, believed to have been scratched by Wilson, whose first name was Thomas and who was called Tom or Tommy as a child.

Visitors should plan for a guided tour to see the interior rooms and understand the layout of the property. The location is centrally situated and easy to reach on foot or by car with parking available nearby.

In one of the upstairs bedroom windows, the name "Tom" is scratched into the glass, believed to have been etched by Wilson himself, whose first name was Thomas and who was called Tom or Tommy as a boy.