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Create a very special historic memory this year in Charleston, SC. Take a candlelight tour of Charleston, SC’s historic estate, Drayton Hall circa 1738. Beautiful and moving, this eighteenth century…

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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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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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Plantation recognizes slavery with database
Amber Satterthwaite, Archaeology, General, Online Exhibits, Website

List of Enslaved Families, Drayton Hall, 1849 – 1865. Drayton Papers Collection On Juneteenth (June 19th), we recognize the day that all Americans became free. Today, we take time to acknowledge the…

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Archaeology, Carter C. Hudgins, General

Carter C. Hudgins Ph. D is, as many of our readers know, the President and CEO of Drayton Hall Preservation Trust. In January of 2021, he began overseeing a new…

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