Step back in time and experience 19th-century Savannah living at the Andrew Low House. Explore the historic home and its original gardens on a docent-led tour.
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Andrew Low House - A visit to lovely Savannah would not be complete without a 40 minute docent-led tour of the historic Andrew Low House. This Italianate mansion was built for wealthy cotton merchant Andrew Low by John Norris a sought-after architect from New York. Andrew Low’s son William and Juliette Gordon Low the famous founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA inherited the home after his passing.
Guest will experience a guided tour by knowledgeable docents departing about every 30 minute (on the hour and half hour) every day. Tours discuss the history of the house and the Low family, showing how they lived in the 19th century as well as those enslaved who lived and labored at the home. First floor rooms include the family’s formal and informal parlors, the library and dining room. Upstairs are a children’s playroom and a rare-for-the-period indoor bathroom, and bedrooms, two of which were once occupied by notable guests of the family.
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- Museum Admission Included
- No bathroom facilities
The Andrew Low House can be visited via guided tours, setting off at half-hour intervals, every hour, daily. These tours give insights into the house’s history and its inhabitants, the Low family, portraying the lifestyle of a prosperous 19th-century Savannah family.
The mansion was constructed in 1848-1849 under the direction of John S Norris, a renowned New York architect, and exhibits a fusion of Greek Revival and Italianate design elements. The house occupies the whole southwest trust lot facing Lafayette Square.
The Andrew Low House features one of the few remaining original 19th-century gardens in Savannah, and it’s the only one accessible to the public. The parterre gardens’ blueprint, established mid-century post-construction of the house, have been maintained since, initially by the Low family, and subsequently by the current owners, the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.