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

Carter C. Hudgins, Development/Fundraising, Friends of Drayton Hall, Preservation

“Few understand nature of true restoration work.” Budding preservationist Stephen J. Wood penned this remark in his daybook in May of 1980. Three months later, Wood was dismantling scaffolding erected…

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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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General, Press, Press Releases

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHARLESTON AREA PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION PARTNERS CONDUCT CUTTING EDGE HI-DEFINITION AERIAL LIDAR SURVEY CHARLESTON, SC MARCH 22, 2022: Charleston Area preservation and conservation partners have joined…

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Collections, Event, Friends of Drayton Hall, General

    Tickets   Celebrate the opening night of the Charleston Spring Antiques Show at the exclusive Preview Party on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at The Gaillard Center in downtown…

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Eric Becker, Horticulture, Landscape, Lenhardt Garden at Drayton Hall

As winter descends upon the Lowcountry not all is lost in the pursuit of outside flowers.  While many are familiar with the fall to winter and winter to spring blooming…

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General

Drayton Hall Preservation Trust is always grateful for donations to our decorative arts collections that reflect the long history of Drayton Hall. This year we received two wonderful 18th century…

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