FIRST GIRL SCOUT HEADQUARTERS IN AMERICA
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N 32° 04.390 W 081° 05.563
17S E 491249 N 3548549
FIRST GIRL SCOUT HEADQUARTERS IN AMERICA
Located on South side of Macon Street, 150 feet East of Drayton Street, Savannah, Ga.
Waymark Code: WMWM9
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2006
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The house adjacent to this building was the home of Juliette Gordon Low at the time she founded Girl Scouting in the United States, March 12, 1912. Formerly the carriage-house and stable of the Low mansion, this building became that year the first Girl Scout headquarters in America.
At the death of Mrs. Low in 1927 the Founder of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. willed the original headquarters to the Girl Scouts of Savannah (now The Girl Scout Council of Savannah, Georgia, Inc.). This building has been continuously used for Girl Scouting longer than any other in this country.
027-87 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1966
Type of Marker: Park
Marker #: Not listed
Date: Not listed
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