Jimmy Carter Birthplace - Plains, Georgia

Address: 225 Hospital Street, Plains, Georgia

Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia at the Wise Sanitarium. The building is currently a rehabilitation and long-term care facility and is named after Carter's mother who was a nurse at the hospital at the time of Carter's birth.

  • Photograph of Jimmy Carter's birthplace
  • Jimmy Carter birthplace
  • Historical Marker at Jimmy Carter birthsite
  • Lillian Carter nursing facility - site of Jimmy Carter's birth

  • As indicated in the historical marker shown above, Jimmy Carter was born in the Wise Sanitarium, the first President to be born in a hospital. The building currently is the Lillian G. Carter Health and Rehabilitation nursing center.