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Drayton Hall

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Drayton Hall is an 18th-century plantation house on the Ashley River about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, South Carolina, directly across the river from North Charleston. An example of Palladian architecture in North America, it is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to have survived intact through both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, and it is a National Historic Landmark.

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Building Type
Plantation House 1
Location
On the Ashley River, about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Charleston, South Carolina 1
Completed Year
1747 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
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1. Drayton Hall, Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence, place clause
    located on the Ashley River about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Charleston, South Carolina, and directly across the Ashley River from North Charleston
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence, description clause
    Drayton Hall is an 18th-century plantation house
  • Lead section
    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.
  • Infobox: built
    1747-1752
  • In Style: Palladian Architecture, Infobox: architecture
    Palladian
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