The Green-Meldrim House

Best Tour Guides! Best Tour Group! The Whitefield Center - Urban Hope Day Campers.

See the new St. John's Church Ornament!
Just arrived.
Available only in Sophie's Shop - in the Green-Meldrim House.

"Vive l'esprit de La Fayette !" - In recognition of the 250th Anniversary of American Independence Humbert de Beaumont d’Autichamps, the six-generation grandson of General Lafayette, and his wife Anne visited the GMH on May 26! They were accompanied by the President of the Society of the Cincinnati in Georgia, Alan Smith, and his wife Judy, Ty Butler and Valérie Kuhn Granzow, Consule Honoraire de France à Savannah, French Honorary Consul in Savannah. The GMH was one of many sites visited in the tour. Raleigh Marcell offered a toast to The Nation’s Guest with house tour involving Susan Arden-Joly, Tru Helms and Jamie Credle following.

Martha Jones Barnes Obituary - Savannah Morning News Martha Jones Barnes, 92, of Savannah, Georgia, passed away on May 20, 2026. Born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, to Tom and Mary Jones, Marty came...

Last two Green-Meldrim House/St. John's Church (combo) tours of the year - this Wednesday (May 20) and next Wednesday (May 27). Gothic architecture and treats on the porch.
https://greenmeldrimhouse.square.site/gmh-st-johns-church-tour

Do you know a teenager who wants to get all the community service hours needed over the summer!
See the GMH Youth Guide Program. We teach teenagers how to give excellent tours.
History, an interesting house and snacks!
Spread the word! We would love to have a summer class 2026!

TEA WITH AT THE MELDRIMS on Monday, May 11, 18, 25 at 4:30
Don’t you think it's okay to pretend? Even at our age? That’s what the group at the GMH is doing on Monday afternoons in May as they discuss the publication of Tarzan, training of nurses at Charity Hospital, and the loss of Archie Butts on the Titanic with all those who invite themselves to attend. And, would you have loved to have been a fly on the wall for one of Mrs. Meldrim’s teas. Now you can be more than a fly on wall and you don’t have to dress up. Attendees hear about 1912 history from the “New Woman” perspective meeting Mrs. Sarah Morgan, Mrs. Francis Meldrim’s sister, as well as Dr. Mollie Hall, Mrs. Hazel Boswell, Mrs. Irene Gauthier, Mrs. Mildred Parker and her sister Maude. There will be tea and treats, and it is certainly not like a regular tour! Love to see you. Convince your friends and tour patrons to attend. We don’t want to get all dressed up with no guests to serve. Reservations are needed. Price:$22.50
https://greenmeldrimhouse.square.site/tea-time

Fantastic, free public program - Thursday, May 21 - Lecture at 5:30, Reception at 6:30
Limited space. Seating reservations required.
Happy Historic Preservation Month - Come here about a Savannah landscape architect of note! Clermont Lee!

GREEN-MELDRIM HOUSE/ANDREW LOW HOUSE partnership program for National Historic Preservation Month.
CLERMONT LEE:
A PIONEERING WOMAN IN LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE
Retired historic preservation professional CED DOLDER (1914-2006) will speak on Clermont Lee at Cranmer Hall, 27 East Charlton Street on Thursday, May 21 at 5:30 p.m. The GMH will welcome attendees with a reception to follow.
Lee was one of the first women to establish her own landscape architecture practice in Georgia. In 2017 she was posthumously inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement. She is also an inductee in SCAD’s Women of Vision. In recognition of National Historic Preservation Month and the twentieth anniversary of Lee’s passing, Dolder will celebrate and enlighten on Lee, who was one of Savannah’s own!
About Dolder: Until her retirement Ced Dolder worked for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Historic Preservation Division, advising prospective applicants on the technical procedures and regulations for federal and state tax incentive programs for the rehabilitation of historic properties. She also has experience as an independent historic preservation consultant involved in a broad range of projects throughout the Southeast, consulting with private developers and governmental agencies. Her special interest while consulting was historic gardens and landscapes and their link to historic preservation. While researching women’s history for a National Register nomination in 2000, she became interested in the Georgia work of early 20th century female landscape architects, spotlighting Savannah’s Clermont Lee. Before her death in 2006, Lee granted an interview to Ms. Dolder which provided an interesting personal edge to her research. Ms. Dolder has since published articles about Clermont Lee in the New Georgia Encyclopedia and Shaping the American Landscape. She received a Masters in Heritage Preservation from Georgia State University in 1996. She continues her interest and work in historic gardens as a volunteer and advocate.
- On Friday, May 22 at 10:30 a.m. beginning at the Andrew Low House, there will be an urban landscape walk of Lee’s garden.
Both events are free and open to the public. Reservations are required. Please let Jamie know you plan to attend or call Chris Sergi (912-233-1828 X102) at the Andrew Low House, who is keeping the official attendee list.

Plenty of room for House/Church Combo on Wednesday afternoon!