Andrew Low House

Andrew Low House Review

This residence was built in 1848 for Andrew Low, a native of Scotland and one of Savannah's merchant princes. The home later belonged to his son William, who inherited his wealth and married his long time sweetheart Juliette Gordon. They lived in a baronial estate in the U.K. for decades before divorcing. It was after her former husband's death, that Juliette Gorden Low returned to this house and founded the Girl Scouts here on March 12, 1912. The house has 19th-century antiques, stunning silver, and some of the finest ornamental ironwork in Savannah. But it is the story and history of the family—even a bedroom named after the family friend and visitor General Robert E. Lee—that is fascinating and well-told by the tour guides.