Juliette Gordon Low Historic District

The Juliette Gordon Low Historic District consists of three buildings in Savannah, Georgia, which are associated with the origins of the Girl Scouts of the USA.

[5] The Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, also known as the Wayne–Gordon House, was built in 1820 for James Moore Wayne, then-mayor of Savannah.

[8][9] Still living in England after her husband died in 1905, Low met Robert Baden Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, and his sister, Agnes, who oversaw the Girl Guides.

[8] Baden Powell recruited Low to become involved in the Girl Guides in 1911, and she returned to Savannah to start the movement in the United States in 1912.

[8] In March 1912, Low talked to her cousin, teacher Nina Anderson Pape, about forming Girl Guide troops in Savannah.

[9] The Girl Scouts of the USA purchased the Birthplace from the Low family in 1953 and began an extensive renovation of the dilapidated building.

[12][6][7] Opened in 1956 as a historic house museum, the Birthplace features many original Gordon family furnishings, including art by Low.

[6][5] As part of its conversion into apartments, the house's side porch was enclosed, and a kitchen extension was added to the upper floor.

[9] It is a two-story house with a raised basement, built in the Greek Revival style from brick covered with stucco that is scored to resemble stone blocks.

[13] It has an entry staircase made of brown sandstone and is flanked by two cast iron lions at the bottom of the stairs.

[13] It also has a cast iron balcony on its south side that runs along the six windows of the parlor and features guilloche patterns, ornamental railings, and a pagoda-style roof.

[13] Inside, the house has a central hall with a passion flower ceiling medallion, sterling silver doorknobs, and doors surrounded by pediments and pilasters that repeat the exterior's Tower of the Winds motif.

Wayne–Gordon House, 2019
Andrew Low House, circa 1939
Girl Scout Headquarters