The house is well known for the fact that General Sherman used it as his headquarters during the Savannah occupation in the Civil War. Sherman spared the city from his fiery wrath because of its beauty and charm. In the bedroom of the Green-Meldrim House, the general wrote a famous telegram telling Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. President at the time, that he would give him Savannah as a Christmas present!

The mansion was owned by two families, the Greens and the Meldrims before it was sold. In 1943, the Green-Meldrim House was sold to St. John's Episcopal Church to be used as the parish house. The servants' quarters, kitchen, and stables are used as a rectory for the church.

St. John's Episcopal Church was built in 1874. The church was designed by Calvin Otis. Otis was an architect who came all the way from Buffalo, New York, to work on the "project". A ship's mast is curiously located in the center of its only spire. The church is very beautiful with its simple look of a British parish house, which is what Otis intended. It has many picturesque stained-glass windows depicting various scenes from the Bible.

The Green-Meldrim House and St. John's Episcopal Church are separated only by a courtyard with a pond and fountain. The fountain is that of a darling little fish, and inside the pond are the copper glints of pennies tourists have thrown in to make a wish.

Researched by Julia, Rachel, Maddie, and Ashlynne