The home was built for
James Moore Wayne, then-
mayor of Savannah. In 1831, Wayne sold the house to his niece, Sarah Stites Gordon, and her husband
William Washington Gordon, the first of four generations of Gordons to live in the house. Sarah and William Gordon were Low's paternal grandparents. 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. 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. 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 ==