14 presidents who grew up in surprisingly humble homes

Max KalnitzNov 2, 2020, 22:54 IST

Ulysses S. Grant's birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio.AP Photo

Some presidents like John F. Kennedy and Franklin Delano Roosevelt were born to wealthy families with large estates. Others came from working-class families who lived in small cabins or on farms.
President Abraham Lincoln was born and raised in a one-bedroom log cabin on the Kentucky frontier.
President Jimmy Carter famously grew up on a farm, where he helped his dad grow and harvest crops including peanuts and cotton.
For almost the first year of his life, President Ulysses S. Grant's family paid $2 a month to live in a tiny cottage.

While some presidents like Franklin Delano Roosevelt were born to wealthy families and grew up in large estates, other presidents started their journeys to the White House in more humble settings.

From log cabins to small ranch-style homes, these humble structures were once home to future presidents.

Take a look at modest homes 14 presidents called home as children.

John Adams was born in this quiet cottage in rural Massachusetts in 1735.

John Adams' birthplace. Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Getty Images

James Buchanan, the United States' 15th president, was born in this unpretentious log cabin in 1791.

James Buchanan's childhood cabin. MPI/Getty Images

James K. Polk grew up on a humble homestead, which has been recreated for a National Historic Site.

President James K. Polk's birthplace. North Carolina Historic Sites

Millard Fillmore spent his childhood in this log cabin in New Hope, New York.

Millard Fillmore's childhood home. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Abraham Lincoln grew up in a one-room log cabin on the Kentucky frontier.

A recreation of President Lincoln's log cabin on display in 1933 at the Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago/Getty Images

Ulysses S. Grant lived in this quaint cottage for less than a year after his birth in 1822.

Ulysses S. Grant's birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio. AP Photo

A replica shows the modest log cabin where future president James Garfield was born.

A replica of James Garfield's birthplace. Beth J. Harpaz/AP Photo

Herbert Hoover spent the first three years of his life in this two-bedroom cottage in West Branch, Iowa.

President Herbert Hoover's birthplace. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Harry S. Truman was born in this small house in Lamar, Missouri, in 1884.

The birthplace of President Harry S. Truman. Alfred Eisenstaedt/Getty Images

In 1908, Lyndon B. Johnson was born in a ranch-style home in Johnson City, Texas.

LBJ outside his family home in 1964. Bettmann/Getty Images

LBJ spent his childhood in a different house in Johnson City.

LBJ's reconstructed childhood home. Cynthia Dorminey/NPS

Ronald Reagan was born in an apartment above a bakery-turned-bank building in downtown Tampico, Illinois, in 1911.

The apartment building where Ronald Reagan was born. Scott Olson/Getty Images

The Plains, Georgia, farm where Jimmy Carter spent most of his childhood had no indoor electricity or plumbing and relied on wood stoves for heat.

The farm where Jimmy Carter grew up. Jeffrey M. Frank/Shutterstock

The Bush family lived in this 1,400-square-foot home in Midland, Texas.

President Bush and first lady Laura Bush visit the president's childhood home in Midland, Texas, in 2008. Evan Vucci/AP

A young Barack Obama lived in this single-family craftsman home in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Barack Obama's childhood home. Google Maps

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