Francis Muir Turner, an Osteopath, owned the house from 1922 until 1965.  Mr. Turner died in 1961. His wife Bonnie lived in the home until her death in 1965. The mansion stood vacant from 1966 until 1977.  His osteopathy offices were formerly at 24 Jones East Street until 1940 when he moved to the mansion where he shared an office with his home at “Lafayette Place.” Interesting perhaps is the fact that a “Muir” family arrived with Georgia 's first forty families on the Ship Ann in Savannah, 12 February, 1733. In 1965 the Catholic Diocese bought the house and was going to demolish it until the Historic Savannah Foundation started negotiations to save the house. The Foundation purchased the mansion in 1969.