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Drayton Hall, Charleston, SC

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Drayton Hall

Tour an 18th-century Palladian plantation house on the Ashley River, then explore its grounds, gallery and cemetery.

3380 Ashley River Rd · Charleston, SC

About Drayton Hall

Drayton Hall is a Palladian plantation house on the Ashley River, finished by the early 1750s, and the only plantation house on the river to survive both the Revolutionary and Civil wars intact. Your ticket covers the main house and landscape, the Gates Gallery, the Caretaker's House, the conservation laboratory and the African American Cemetery, plus a landscape audio tour. The west front has a double projecting portico. The gate takes cards only, no cash.

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  • #plantation
  • #palladian architecture
  • #national historic landmark

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