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Built for Andrew Low
Andrew Low II, a young Scottish immigrant who became one of the most successful businessmen in Georgia, bought two lots on Lafayette Square in 1847. His house, designed by the New York architect John Norris, was completed in 1849.


The household
The Low family lived here alongside enslaved men and women who lived and laboured at the site. Among them was Thomas “Tom” Milledge, a house servant and later butler, who was left in sole charge of the house when the family travelled abroad.
Juliette Gordon Low
Andrew Low’s son William married Juliette “Daisy” Gordon in 1886. The house was her home for the last years of her life, and in 1912 she gathered the first troops of American Girl Guides, soon renamed the Girl Scouts; the carriage house served as their early headquarters.


