Drayton Hall took four years to build and began in 1738. This represents the oldest surviving example of Georgian-Palladian architecture in the American South. It is still without any running water or electricity.

Draytan Hall is in nearly original condition after seven generations, two great wars, and numerous hurricanes and earthquakes.

The Drayton's went to Barbados to purchase their slaves. There was generations of the Bowen families who started out as slaves to the Draytan's until the Proclamation of Enmanciation they were the paid servants.

Years later one of the Bowen family members came back and told stories at Drayton Hall. The stories he had heard from his own father. He traveled to Barbados where he met a distant cousin, the side of the family that did not come to the US as slaves.

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Drayton Hall	Drayton Hall - because they made everything symetrical there were false doors	Drayton Hall - main staircase	Drayton Hall back staircase for the servants
Drayton Hall	Drayton Hall - second floor ballroom with family crest above the fireplace	Drayton Hall looking from the second portico	Drayton Hall - basement
Drayton Hall - columns that has been stored in the basement for generations	Drayton Hall - rear of the house	Drayton Hall - "The Smoking Room" (Privy)	Drayton Hall - servants quarters which is now the Museum Shop

Day One (Charleston)

Day One (Fireworks)

Day Two (Fort Sumter)

Day Three (USS Yorktown & Beach)

Day Four (Middleton Place)

Day Five (Carriage Ride-Old Town)