Drayton Hall will close at 1:30pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. We will return to normal hours on Sunday, December 22.
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Recent Posts

Distinguished Speakers Series, Friends of Drayton Hall

We are pleased to announce that Richard and Jill Almeida have graciously underwritten the third installment in the Drayton Hall Distinguished Speakers Series. Richard is a member of the Drayton…

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Breaking News, Distinguished Speakers Series, Event

Yes, we historians have our own version of March Madness. The Junto is hosting a bracket poll on the best early American history book since 2000. It started off with 64 and now…

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Conservation, Development/Fundraising, Landscape, Preservation

At the close of Women’s History Month, we would like to pay tribute to Sally Reahard, an important benefactress of Drayton Hall. Miss Sally, as she preferred to be called,…

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Event

Vitruviana 2014 is the third in a series of annual Charleston symposia examining the development of classical architecture and design in America through the lens of the South Carolina Lowcountry.…

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African American history, Genealogy, Research

by George W. McDaniel, Executive Director One of the wonderful things about working at a historical site is that one never tires of the questions it can raise. As is…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Friends of Drayton Hall, Research

As part of the Drayton Hall Distinguished Speakers Series, Dr. Michael Jarvis gave this presentation on February 20, 2014 on “Shaftesbury, Bermuda, and the Settlement of Carolina, or the Other…

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