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When do you smash things in the name of preservation? In preparation for our upcoming repointing project, preservationists Joe and Trish have been creating tiny brick fragments to add to…
Read MorePosted by Courtney DeVoe, Preservation Department Intern I have been interning with the Preservation Department at Drayton Hall for the past month. Each day I get to work on a…
Read MoreGuest posting by Bob Beatty, Vice President for Programs, American Association for State and Local History I have been a history geek for as long as I can remember. It is…
Read MoreThe past few months were busy ones for the archaeologists at Drayton Hall. In the previous blog post, our director described the arrival of the “mystery watercolor,” which prompted new…
Read MoreWatercolor Mystery Solved! (So Far.) I’ve been asked to recount the story of the historical detective work that led us to identify the owner of the mysterious watercolor of Drayton…
Read MoreThe story continues! Here is a video taken one week after the previous video posting on the current archaeological investigations of the north flanker. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMBOMfA1S_0&hl=en&fs=1&]
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3380 Ashley River Road
Charleston, SC 29414
Drayton Hall's main house and landscape are open to the public daily from 9 am to 5:00pm* (gate closes at 3:30 pm). The gate will accept no cash transactions.
