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Wilson Home Historic Landmark
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) The boyhood home of President Woodrow Wilson has been named a federal historic landmark.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced the new designation Thursday.
Wilson moved with his family from Staunton, Va., to the two-story brick home in Augusta, Ga., in 1860 at age 4. He lived there until 1870.
It was at that home he weathered the Civil War and Reconstruction with his father, the Rev. Joseph Wilson, a Presbyterian minister, and his mother.
The country has less than 2,500 National Historic Landmarks. The Wilson home is the first Augusta building to receive the designation since 1996.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced the new designation Thursday.
Wilson moved with his family from Staunton, Va., to the two-story brick home in Augusta, Ga., in 1860 at age 4. He lived there until 1870.
It was at that home he weathered the Civil War and Reconstruction with his father, the Rev. Joseph Wilson, a Presbyterian minister, and his mother.
The country has less than 2,500 National Historic Landmarks. The Wilson home is the first Augusta building to receive the designation since 1996.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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