Drayton Hall

Not to be confused with Drayton House.
Drayton Hall
Drayton Hall (front)
Nearest cityCharleston, South Carolina and North Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates32°52′15.24″N 80°4′34.68″W / 32.8709000°N 80.0763000°W / 32.8709000; -80.0763000
Built1747–1752
Architectural stylePalladian
NRHP reference No.66000701
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHLOctober 9, 1960[2]

Drayton Hall is an 18th-century plantation house located on the Ashley River about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Charleston, South Carolina, and directly across the Ashley River from North Charleston, west of the Ashley in the Lowcountry. An example of Palladian architecture in North America and the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil wars, it is a National Historic Landmark.

When photographed by George LaGrange Cook in about 1890, Drayton Hall's two flanker buildings were still extant.
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Drayton Hall". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2008.