Drayton Hall, SC

Drayton Hall is an 18th-century plantation on the Ashley River about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, South Carolina, and just across the Ashley River from North Charleston, in the Lowcountry west of the Ashley.

Slaves were there at Drayton Hall?

Both enslaved and white craftsmen worked in the construction of Drayton Hall. The Draytons' fortunes were founded on breeding cattle, indigo production, and rice cultivation, all of which relied on slave labor?

Is Magnolia Plantation home to Drayton Hall?

Perhaps it was the discovery that the two plantations belonged to the same extended family, with Magnolia built by Thomas Drayton in 1676 and Drayton Hall built by John Drayton, Thomas's youngest son, around 60 years later.



Who designed and built Drayton Hall?

Built after 1746 by John Drayton, the builder of Drayton Hall, near downtown Charleston, South Carolina, it reflects his predilection for the Georgian Palladian architecture.