ANDREW LOW HOUSE
Lafayette Square
Built in 1848-49 by cotton merchant Andrew Low (whose son married Juliette Gordon, founder of the Girl Scouts).
912.233.6854 www.andrewlowhouse.com
DAVENPORT HOUSE
Oglethorpe Square
Built in 1820 by Isaiah Davenport, in the Federal Style.
Now a museum featuring fine plaster work and period furnishings.
912.236.8097 www.davenporthousemuseum.org
GREEN-MELDRIM HOUSE
Bull St. at Madison Square
General Sherman's Civil War headquarters. Designed by John Norris, and built for Charles Green in the 1850's.
912.232.1251
JULIETTE GORDON LOW BIRTHPLACE
Bull Street at Oglethorpe Avenue
Built 1818-1821, it is the national center for the Girl Scouts. Juliette Gordon was born here in 1860.
912.233.4501 www.juliette gordon low.com
LEE AND EMMA ADLER HOUSE
425 Bull Street
Built in 1858 for Rev. Charles Rogers. This was the home of Jim Williams' rival, Lee Adler. They feuded over their different perspectives of preservation.
(Across the side street from William's Mercer House.)
MERCER HOUSE
429 Bull Street
This mansion was designed in 1860 for Hugh W. Mercer (Johnny Mercer's great-grandfather. Due to the Civil War, the house was not completed until about 1868. Jim Williams bought Mercer House in 1969 and completely
restored it. www.mercerhouse.com
OWENS-THOMAS HOUSE
Reynolds Square
This house was designed by Willilam Jay and built in 1816-1819, with a formal English garden and carriage house. One of the finest examples of English Regency Architecture.
912.233.9743 www.owensthomashouse.com
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