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Preservation, Trish Smith

I recently found a photo from the day my graduate school cohort first visited Drayton Hall. In this 2009 photograph, I’m seated on the portico with my classmates listening to…

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Conservation, Interiors, Preservation, Trish Smith

If you’ve climbed the mahogany staircase at Drayton Hall in the last few years, you’ve likely heard what we dubbed, “the safety speech.” All visitors to the second floor were…

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Preservation, Trish Smith

As I sit at my desk drinking coffee and reading the first emails of the day, my cell phone lights up with a new text message alert. From Hoyt Roberts,…

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drayton hall historic preservation histori home plantation charleston sc stair hall renovation project nov 2021
Architecture, Breaking News, Preservation, Trish Smith

The much-anticipated stairhall project officially began in November, and the project is moving forward at an exciting pace! Hoyt Roberts of Richard Marks Restorations is leading the construction team tasked…

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Press, Trish Smith

The morning of February 27th, 1980 dawned cold and clear, with temperatures below freezing. Stephen Wood drove for miles that morning in the dappled sunlight streaming through the live oak…

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Charleston plantation tours
Landscape, Preservation, Trish Smith

A few years ago, a structural engineer informed us that at Drayton Hall, we have “highly mobile” soils. We filed that away under “interesting trivia engineers need to know” until…

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