Although many southern plantations are mostly known for cotton and sugar cultivation, the Grove Plantation in Savannah, Georgia was known for its rice-cultivation. Records show that Beech Tree, Lancaster, Prairie, and Grove Hill Plantation were once a part of Grove Point’s tract. The owners of the property included Stephen Habersham, Dr. John R. Cheves, and Ralph E. Elliott. The plantation itself was burned at towards the end of the Civil War under the ownership of Habersham. The Driver’s House is one of two buildings that still exist on the property from the antebellum era.
The Slave Quarters consisted of houses lined in a row and were hand-made with Savannah Gray brick from the labor of the enslaved community. Liken to many slave cabins in the south, they were raised structures with each bearing a central fireplace that divided the households. The structures would have shingled roofs, with Haint Blue painted shutters to close off the windowless openings. In 1886, Ralph Elliot built what is known as the Elliott House, the two-story main house, after the plantation lay abandoned for years. It was after this time that the Cook’s House is believed to have been constructed for the plantation cook.
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