Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Pine Gardens and Savannah’s Defense Community
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
1. Pine Gardens and Savannah’s Defense Community Marker
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Pine Gardens and Savannah’s Defense Community. . The Pine Gardens Defense Community was established in 1942 to supply attractive, affordable housing for the workers of the Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation. Workers at the company were responsible for building Liberty Ships, merchant vessels built inexpensively and efficiently to support the war effort during World War II. The neighborhood was a complete community, including a shopping plaza, fire station, and churches. Originally planned as a 500 housing-unit community, an annex was later added. In 1953, the Eli Whitney School was built to educate the students of the Pine Gardens community. Following the war, workers had the option to purchase the homes they were renting. Today, the community is one of the largest intact defense communities in Georgia. Pine Gardens neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The Pine Gardens Defense Community was established in 1942 to supply attractive, affordable housing for the workers of the Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation. Workers at the company were responsible for building Liberty Ships, merchant vessels built inexpensively and efficiently to support the war effort during World War II. The neighborhood was a complete community, including a shopping plaza, fire station, and churches. Originally planned as a 500 housing-unit community, an annex was later added. In 1953, the Eli Whitney School was built to educate the students of the Pine Gardens community. Following the war, workers had the option to purchase the homes they were renting. Today, the community is one of the largest intact defense communities in Georgia. Pine Gardens neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
Erected 2023 by The Georgia Historical Society, Chatham County Board of Education, and the Eli Whitney Alumni Association. (Marker Number 25-69.)
81° 3.043′ W. Marker is in Savannah, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is at the intersection of Laura Avenue and Beech Street, on the right when traveling north on Laura Avenue. Located at the Whitney Administrative Complex. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 Laura Ave, Savannah GA 31404, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Coastal Plain and on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
