For 26 years George W. McDaniel served as the executive director of Drayton Hall, a National Trust Historic Site located in Charleston, South Carolina. Drayton Hall is an 18th-century unrestored plantation house established by John Drayton, a white man whose wealth came from more than 100...
I n 2019, Color of Change , the country’s largest online racial justice organization, raised important issues regarding the practice of hosting weddings and other celebrations at historic slave plantation sites. In response, the National Trust for Historic Preservation hosted in December 2020...
By Trish Lowe Smith and Sarah Stroud Clarke Preserve as is, never restore—that, in a nutshell, is the preservation philosophy at Drayton Hall , a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Widely believed to be the first and best Palladian house in North America, Drayton...
On March 19 Preservation Leadership Forum and two of the National Trust’s Historic Sites joined forces to host the most recent Forum Webinar —a conversation about DIY photography at historic sites. Panelists Corey Heyward, Wexler Curatorial Fellow at Drayton Hall , and Christa Carr, director...
Table Of Contents Introduction: The Call for a National Conversation by James Vaughan Historic House Museums: An Embarrassment of Riches? by Marian A. Godfrey Crisis or Transition? Diagnosing Success at Historic Sites by Max A. van Balgooy Funding the...
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George McDaniel, executive director of Drayton Hall (a National Trust Historic Site), will never forget the day in the spring of 2005 when he got the call from Bo and Mickey Barry, two longtime residents of the Ashley River Region and good friends to Drayton Hall. Mickey tearfully explained that...
Drayton Hall will dedicate a newly created Memorial at its 18th-century African-American cemetery, one of the oldest African-American cemeteries in the nation still in use. The Memorial will honor the lives of the people of African descent—enslaved and free, named and unknown—who are laid to...
Let me first express my appreciation for our partners and cosponsors, and the many people here in Kentucky and southern Indiana who worked so hard to make this conference happen—especially co-chairs Madeline Abramson, Christy Brown, Linda Bruckheimer, Marlene Helm, and Liz Kennan. The...
Drayton Hall, built circa 1738-42, was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1974 because of its architectural significance and unique state of preservation. Located on the banks of the Ashley River outside of Charleston, South Carolina, the house was held by seven...
For most, the anticipation of pleasant days, an expansive natural landscape, and a premier eighteenth-century Georgian Palladian plantation house is usually reason enough to visit Drayton Hall in the spring. However, this year there were more compelling reasons for a group of preservationists to...