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Wayne-Gordon House, 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, Chatham County, GA Other Title Juliette G. Low House Contributor Names Historic American Buildings Survey, creator Low, Juliette Gordon Gordon, William Washington Jay, William Wayne, James Moore Gordon, G. Arthur Girl Scouts of the USA Boucher, Jack, photographer Bradley, Lawrence, photographer Bush-Brown, Harold, historian Thomas, Susie W, historian Created / Published Documentation compiled after 1933 Subject Headings - houses - historic house museums - domestic life - women - Neo-Classical architectural elements - youth organizations - Georgia -- Chatham County -- Savannah Latitude / Longitude 32.077096,-81.092457 Notes - Significance: As originally constructed, the Wayne-Gordon House resembled many of Savannah's single and double houses built from the 1780s through the 1870s. These houses all shared a floor plan that differed only in details such as fireplaces and cornices, and are referred to locally as "Savannah boxes." In the Wayne-Gordon House, the floor plan was expanded and transformed through choices of building materials, architectural details, and millwork, into a Regency townhouse of imposing proportions. The addition of the two curved bays at the rear of the house and the clever use of decorative elements resulted in a sophisticated house. The exterior was faced with stucco scored to simulate costlier stone blocks. Recessed elliptical arches around the second floor window gave interest to the two street facades. These shallow arches created the illusion of an elegant arched second story without the expense of true arched windows. The formal portico, flanked by brownstone steps, projects from the front of the house. Modified Tuscan columns screen the recessed double doors. Original outbuildings included the stable, three one-room servant's houses and a privy. Four generations of the Gordon family lived in the house until the Girl Scouts of the USA purchased the property to be a National Program Center for Girl Scouts and an historic house museum. - Survey number: HABS GA-211 - Building/structure dates: 1821 Initial Construction - National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000276 Medium Photo(s): 10 Data Page(s): 4 Photo Caption Page(s): 1 Call Number/Physical Location HABS GA,26-SAV,15- |
| Date | after 1933 |
| Source | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print |
| Author | Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer |
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