Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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| Lafayette Square in Savannah, GA |
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Andrew Low House Museum; Andrew Low was the
father-in-law of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the
Girl Scouts of America who lived here until her death |
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The house (1849, by John Morris in a blend
of Italianate, Greek Revival, and Gothic
Revival styles) has a dry moat that allowed
the ground level to have full-size windows |
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| Camellias still in bloom |
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| Back courtyard with wall fountain |
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| Close-up of the wall fountain |
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| Salon for entertainment |
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| Parlor |
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| Foyer and staircase |
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| Library |
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| Dining room |
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Upstairs to the bedrooms, several of
which were furnished as if in the 1850s
and 1860s by the Georgia Society of
Colonial Dames of the The National Society
of The Colonial Dames of America |
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| Nursery |
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| Bedroom |
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| Bathing room, a precursor to having running water |
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| Master Bedroom |
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| Another large bedroom |
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| Working grandfather clock |
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The former stable/carriage house was
the first Girl Scout headquarters |
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| Juliette Low plaque on the carriage house |
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| Hmm, so humid that mushrooms grow in the cobblestones? |
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