WOODROW WILSON BIRTHPLACE
The baby was delivered by Dr. James Waddell, who arrived as a light snow was falling in town. The birthplace of Woodrow Wilson, now a national historic site, is located on North Coalter Street "sitting atop the crest in...Staunton's Gospel Hill...district."
The home was called a manse, or the residence of the town's Presbyterian minister who just happened to be Woodrow's father, Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson, a founder of the Southern Presbyterian Church.
The elder Mr. Wilson came to Staunton in 1854 and occupied the Greek Revival brick manse with 12 rooms and 4 chimneys. FDR dedicated the WW Birthplace in 1941. FDR called it "a shrine to freedom."
*Staunton, pronounced stan ton, is located in Augusta County in the NW part of Virginia. The town is known as the "Queen of the Shenandoah Valley."
SOURCE
Mr. Wilson's 1919 Pierce Arrow
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace
Staunton, Virginia
Photo by Tickleangelo
en.wikipedia (2007)
