Curator of Historic Architectural Resources Trish Smith is deep in the attic of Drayton Hall discussing her favorite part of the colonial American attic. | Drayton Hall

🏠 Open house… 1747 style. Touring Drayton Hall, where the ceilings are high and the history is deep. This beautiful Palladian style is all about balance and symmetry. Keep an eye out for the handmade bricks showing the fingerprints of an enslaved child who made them. Seven generations of Draytons preserved the house. The Drayton’s built their wealth through raising cattle, farming indigo and rice, and later phosphate mining. Built on the Ashley river, which during the revolution it basically se

While our archaeologists are busy excavating at the North Flanker, preservation work is happening there too! Our Director of Preservation & Archives, Trish Smith, is preparing the brick border for repointing. Follow along tomorrow as we share the mortar recipe! | Drayton Hall

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