A merchant’s house
Andrew Low II (1812–1886) came from Scotland as a young man and became one of the most successful businessmen in Georgia, in a seaport that was thriving in the 1840s. His house on Lafayette Square was completed in 1849, the first private residence in Savannah designed by John Norris.
The people of the household
Enslaved men and women lived and laboured at the house. Thomas “Tom” Milledge, bought in 1844 by Andrew Low’s uncle, worked as a house servant and later as butler; his wife, Mosianna, later worked as a cook for William and Daisy Low.
Daisy Low and the Girl Scouts
On 12 March 1912 Juliette Gordon Low gathered 17 girls to register for the first two troops of American Girl Guides, named the Girl Scouts by 1913. After her death, the Colonial Dames of America in Georgia bought the house in 1928.
