10 East Oglethorpe Avenue

Historic house in Savannah, Georgia September 2025 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue File:Juliette_Gordon_Low_Birthplace_2019.jpg Pictured in 2019 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue 32.0771 -81.0924 inline,title 1820 yes 3 Wayne–Gordon House 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue (also known as the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace and the Wayne–Gordon House) is a home in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located on East Oglethorpe Avenue, it was built in 1820 and is part of the Savannah Historic District and of the Juliette Gordon Low Historic District.Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011) Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA, was born in the home in 1860.Historic American Buildings Survey Wayne-Gordon House, 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, Chatham County, GA https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ga0010/ 2023-09-19 Library of Congress en The house was Savannah's first registered National Historic Landmark. History The home was built for James Moore Wayne, then-mayor of Savannah.About the House Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace https://www.juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/en/explore/history/about-the-house.html 2023-09-19 www.juliettegordonlowbirthplace.orgGerdes Marti Blythe Robert W. Henry Patty March 21, 2005 National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Juliette Gordon Low Historic District (Revised Documentation) / (1) Wayne-Gordon House (also known as the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace), (2) First Girl Scout Headquarters (Andrew Low Carriage House), (3) Andrew Low House, National Park Service https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206748 September 19, 2023 National Archive 2 In 1831, Wayne sold the house to his niece, Sarah Stites Gordon, and her husband William Washington Gordon, Low's paternal grandparentsAbout the House Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace https://www.juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/en/explore/history/about-the-house.html 2023-09-19 www.juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org and the first of four generations of Gordons to live in the house.Historic American Buildings Survey Wayne-Gordon House, 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, Chatham County, GA https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ga0010/ 2023-09-19 Library of Congress en Low's parents, Eleanor Kinzie and William Washington Gordon II, purchased the house after the death of her grandparents and made significant changes to the house in 1886, including adding a third storey. Low lived there until she married William Mackay Low in 1886 and moved to the United Kingdom in 1887, although she visited her parents in Savannah every year. The Girl Scouts of the USA purchased the Wayne–Gordon House from the Low family in 1953 and began an extensive renovation of the dilapidated building.About the House Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace https://www.juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/en/explore/history/about-the-house.html 2023-09-19 www.juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org In 1956, Savannah landscape architect Clermont Huger Lee created a courtyard and garden design for the site in the style of a Victorian parterre garden.Historic American Landscapes Survey Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, Garden, 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, Chatham County, GA https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ga1151/ 2023-09-19 Library of Congress en Opened in 1956 as a historic house museum, the home features many original Gordon family furnishings, including art by Low. The museum interprets Low's life and the history of the Girl Scouts. See also Buildings in Savannah Historic District References Category:Houses in Savannah, Georgia Category:Houses completed in 1820 Category:Savannah Historic District Category:Historic house museums in Georgia (U.S. state) 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue Category:Scouting museums in the United States