Drayton Hall is an 18th-century plantation located on the Ashley River in the ‘Low Country’ of Charleston, founded circa 1738 when the property was purchased by John Drayton.
History:The plantation was constructed in a Palladian style and was the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive both the Revolutionary and Civil wars. Drayton Hall is a National Historic Landmark, surrounded by early-English historic landscape.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation acquired the property in 1974 and has preserved it in such a way that lets visitors observe the impact of changing tastes though the centuries.
Address: Drayton Hall, 3380 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29414, Phone: 843-769-2600
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