Historic Building Plan of the Day
Drayton Hall
Constructed and inhabited by one of South Carolina's most prominent families, Drayton Hall is one of the finest surviving plantation houses in the country. Virtually unaltered, the house is an early and excellent example of Georgian design.
- Time to build: 1738–1742, per HABS record
Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Library of Congress item. Full drawing: Elevation at loc.gov. No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted.