Famous Childhood Homes: 16 Surprising Photos of How They Grew Up!

We love learning about how some of our favorite historical figures grew up, and one key piece is the house itself!  We hope you enjoy this gallery of the unique homes where they did their "growin' up"

Virginia Woolf’s childhood summer house at St. Ives in Cornwall, England. She wrote of the place: “The pleasantest of my memories… refer to our summers, all of which were passed in Cornwall, especially to the thirteen summers (1882-1894) at St. Ives. There we bought the lease of Talland House: a small but roomy house, with a garden of an acre or two all up and down hill, with quaint little terraces divided by hedges of escallonia, a grape-house and kitchen-garden and a so-called ‘orchard’ beyond.”

Mark Twain's birthplace in Fla. Missouri.  

The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton Ohio, seen here in 1898.  Here's a little-known fact:  before the brothers invented the flying machine, they had a nearly-profitable bicycle repair and design shop!  Hit Next Page below to see the rest...

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City. 

An early picture of the iconic Stratford Hall, the birthplace of General Robert E. Lee.  It was built back in 1738 near Lerty, Virginia in Westmoreland County.  It's certainly one of the more interesting houses we've seen!

Boyhood home of Ernest Hemingway in Oak Park, Illinois.  

Woody Guthrie's Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, childhood home as it appeared in 1979

Birthplace of Amelia Earhart 

John Quincy Adams Birthplace in Massachusetts.  It is a lovely home!

Johnny Cash and his family on their small farm plot in 1935.  They didn't have much, but his childhood certainly gave him enough love, loss, and tragedy to fill him up with songs that'd last an eternity. 

A rare photo of the cabin that brought Annie Oakley in to the world outside Willowdale, Ohio in 1860.  She was quite the whippersnapper! 

We love learning about Elvis and how he grew up.  After his father left, his Mom struggled to afford and then keep this small house.  He of course went on to great things afterwards, likely with much thanks to her.   

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