Drayton Hall
The oldest unrestored plantation house in America open to the public, a Palladian mansion of the 1740s kept just as it survived.
- Open
- Most days; check the website
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- 3380 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC 29414Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- About 20 minutes by car northwest of downtown, on the road to Middleton Place.
Why Go
Built for John Drayton, the house survived the Revolution, the Civil War and the 1886 earthquake. It is preserved, not restored, so you see original plaster and paint. Tours and an African American cemetery tell the story of the enslaved people who built and ran the plantation.
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