Have you ever visited Drayton Hall and tried to imagine the house as it looked more than 250 years ago? Recently, we’ve been screening this video in the house which shows how our curator of historic architectural resources Trish Smith is using computer drafting and video game software to digitally restore Drayton Hall without removing a single original element. Take a look to see how we’re using 21st century technology to bring the 18th century back to life.
This week, Madison and Hoyt from Richard Marks Restorations, Inc. continued removing plaster from the sections between joists in the Great Hall of Drayton Hall. They found a third kind…
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Preserving a house as old as Drayton Hall is both an art and a science. Take our work on the conservation of the decorative cast plaster ceiling in the Great…
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Hannah Truman is a graduate student completing her MS in the Clemson University Historic Preservation program. As the 2024 Riley Collections Fellow, Hannah documented nail holes, extant hanging…
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