The Woodrow Wilson Family Home on Hampton Street is where the 28th US president spent most of his childhood. His father Joseph Wilson was a Presbyterian minister in Columbia, and the family lived in this 1872 house from the end of the Civil War until Woodrow left for Davidson College. The house has been restored and is open for tours.
The museum covers Wilson's formative years in Columbia, his family background, and the trajectory of a career that culminated in the presidency and the post-World War I peace negotiations. Given his complicated legacy — progressive on some issues, aggressively segregationist on others — the house presents an interesting historical puzzle. Guided tours run Wednesday through Sunday.