Lebanon Plantation

Lebanon Plantation is a historic estate near Savannah in Chatham County with a main house and outbuildings dating to the early 1800s. The property spans more than 500 acres of flat, open land with mature trees and a creek running through it.

The plantation was granted to James Deveaux in the mid-1700s and later purchased by Joseph Habersham before George W. Anderson built the main house in the early 1800s. During the Civil War, the property was taken by the Union Army as headquarters for the Fifteenth Army Corps and suffered damage before being repaired afterward.

The name Lebanon comes from the many cedar trees that once covered the land. Visitors today can still see how these trees shaped the appearance and identity of the place.

Lebanon Plantation is private and not open to the public, so it cannot be toured on foot. It lies at 5745 Ogeechee Road, about 9 miles (14 km) southwest of downtown Savannah, just off Highway 17. The working plantation is visible only from the road.

The property was used by the Union Army as a military base during the Civil War, and George Wayne Anderson Jr., the owner's son, was held as a prisoner in his own family home. This unusual twist shows how the war brought conflict directly to the family's doorstep.