{"nrhp_refnum":"66000276","name":"Low, Juliette Gordon, Historic District","other_names":["Wayne--Gordon House: First Girl Scout Headquarters","Andrew Low House and Carrige House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"10 Oglethorpe Ave., E., 330 Drayton St., 329 Abercorn St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Savannah","county":"Chatham County","state":"GA","lat":32.073029520000034,"lon":-81.09252755999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1965-06-23","areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A National Historic Landmark made up of two discontiguous properties in Savannah, Georgia: the Wayne-Gordon House (Juliette Gordon Low's birthplace, built 1818-1821) and the First Girl Scout Headquarters, a former carriage house and servants' quarters behind the Andrew Low House, likely built in 1849.","why_significant":"Both properties are tied to Juliette Gordon Low, who founded the Girl Scouts in the United States and led the organization in its early years. She organized the first troop in Savannah on March 12, 1912. The birthplace was her childhood home, and the carriage house served as the first Girl Scout meeting place.","narrative":"Two Savannah properties make up this landmark, both linked to Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts in the United States. The Wayne-Gordon House at 10 Oglethorpe Avenue was built between 1818 and 1821 for jurist James Moore Wayne. It later passed to the Gordon family and was her birthplace and childhood home. A brick, stuccoed house, it gained a third floor and a curved east piazza in an 1886 renovation designed by Detlef Lienau. The Girl Scouts bought and restored it in 1953 and opened it to the public in 1956. The second property, at 330 Drayton Street, began as a carriage house and servants' quarters for the Andrew Low House, likely around 1849. In 1912 Low remodeled it as a meeting place for local troops, and she left it to the Savannah Girl Scout council. On March 12, 1912, she organized the first troop with eighteen girls. Membership had grown past 168,000 by her death in 1927.","period_of_significance":"1860-1927","architect_builder":"Unknown (design of the Wayne-Gordon House traditionally attributed to William Jay without documentation; 1886 renovation by Detlef Lienau)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Both properties are occupied and in good condition. The Wayne-Gordon House is a museum and educational center, and the First Girl Scout Headquarters building is leased to the Junior League of Savannah.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.969574-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/66000276_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000276/6dd6b15214-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000276/6dd6b15214-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Savannah_J_G_Low_HD_Oglethorpe02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebyabe</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Savannah_J_G_Low_HD_Oglethorpe02.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000277","name":"Savannah Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/savannah-historic-district-66000277/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206748","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Gordon_Low_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6308995"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/chatham-county/low-juliette-gordon-historic-district-66000276/"}