When I received my latest e-newsletter from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, I was pleased to find an interesting interview with Charles Drayton, which made me recall my own visit to historic Drayton Hall in 2007. [Click here to read that National Trust article].
If you’ve never been, Drayton Hall is a stunning, circa 1742 plantation house outside Charleston, SC — and it is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture surviving in the United States. It is also the only surviving plantation on the Ashley River to survive intact to today, and is a National Historic Landmark. See the beautiful official website here.
My wife and I toured Drayton in December of 2007, and I probably snapped a hundred pictures. Here are a few of those, with more after the jump. The first is the rear facade of the mansion (Ashley River side):
Looking over the front lawn from a 2nd floor balcony:
Click here for more photos of Drayton Hall…
by Kristine Morris, on 01.19.10 @ 4:41 PM
Dear Michael,
We’re so happy that you enjoyed your visit to Drayton Hall and thank you very much for your many nice comments. Lovely photos!
We hope you’ll come back and visit us soon — there’s always something new to discover here.
With best regards,
Kristine Morris
Director of Communications
Drayton Hall
by Lucy, on 02.07.10 @ 8:58 PM
We just happened to meet a couple from NC when we vacationed in St Augustine and they gave us free passes to view Drayton Hall. We found it fascinating and your blog has brought back many happy memories. Thank you!
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by renee' evett, on 03.22.10 @ 8:57 PM
I’ve visited Drayton Hall several times, and I love it!!! It is a wonderful house, and it speaks to me…I love that it is unfurnished, and so stark. You can really appreciate the house.