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Event, Staff

In November, George W. McDaniel was honored at the National Preservation Conference for his 25 years of service at Drayton Hall as executive director by being invited to deliver the…

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Breaking News, Event, Genealogy, Preservation, Staff

Drayton Hall will be represented in three programs at Past Forward, the National Preservation Conference held by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Savannah, Ga, November 11-14. Executive Director George…

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Education, Research, Staff, Teachers

By Rikki Davenport, Curator of Education On September 19th, I had the honor and pleasure of chairing and presenting a panel discussion at the 2014 American Association for State and…

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Friends of Drayton Hall, Staff

By George McDaniel One of my pleasures in my first ten or fifteen years of working at Drayton Hall was the chance to work with Gene Heizer, our remarkable volunteer…

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Landscape, Preservation, Staff

By George McDaniel When Hurricane Hugo struck, I’d accepted the job as site director, but was not due to start until November, so I was still in Atlanta where I…

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Staff

How has Drayton Hall changed since you arrived in 1989? My goal was to sustain Drayton Hall’s pursuit of excellence by building on the strong foundation of my predecessors, who…

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