Alida Fowlkes

Alida "Harper" Fowlkes (June 8, 1908 – January 21, 1985) was an American preservationist and antiques dealer. She restored ten homes in Savannah, Georgia, where the Harper Fowlkes House is now named for her. The city's Alida Hotel is also named for her.

Early life Aged five, Fowlkes contracted typhoid fever and spent much of her childhood confined to bed. She also underwent several surgeries for tuberculosis. It is believed she spent this time drawing, watercoloring and journaling.

She graduated from New Sullins College in Virginia in 1927. a restaurant located in the basement of the Olde Pink House.

She restored ten houses in Savannah, including 122 West Oglethorpe Avenue, which was built in 1819. a home built in 1844, on New Year's Eve 1939. She married Hunter McGregor Fowlkes, a native of Rockingham, North Carolina. He died of natural causes in 1949.

Death Fowlkes died in 1985, aged 76. She was interred in Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery, beside her husband. She left today's Harper Fowlkes House to the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Georgia, for it to be used as its headquarters. Her will stipulated that the property is to be maintained and can never be sold.