Historical Marker

Pine Gardens and Savannah’s Defense Community

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 2023

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Built in 1942 to house workers at Southeastern Shipbuilding, which produced Liberty ships for the war, Pine Gardens was a planned community and remains one of Georgia's larger intact WWII defense neighborhoods.

About this site

Pine Gardens and Savannah’s Defense Community is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2023. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0676, -81.0507 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is LePageville Memorial Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include East Savannah Cemetery, Catholic Cemetery, and Forest Lawn Memory Gardens Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.0676, -81.0507 · Savannah, Chatham County

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