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to preserve an icon by Carter C. Hudgins, Ph.D., Director of Preservation Imagine the United States Capitol building without its iconic dome. Now picture the Statue of Liberty missing her symbolic torch, the Golden Gate Bridge lacking its majestic arches, and Drayton Hall without its double portico. All of these masterworks of architecture are symbols of the American experience and serve as tangible and functional reminders of our nation’s history, ingenuity, and freedom. But pause for a minute and consider if such icons disappeared? How would our American landscape appear without such significant landmarks? Accordingly, what steps are necessary to preserve and safeguard our American treasures for generations to come?
In the case of Drayton Hall, you may recall reading in recent emails and letters that regular preservation initiatives have revealed that this iconic part of the main house is in jeopardy if steps are not taken immediately to stabilize the structure (Fig. 2). Beginning in the fall of 2009, conservation specialists with Richard Marks Restoration, Inc., performed a limited assessment of Drayton Hall’s portico as part of an effort to repaint and repair the portico’s columns, cornice, and wooden ceilings (Fig. 3). During this process, it became evident that the portico has been plagued with water infiltration since its initial 18th-century construction. As a result of associated water damage, the original wooden and limestone material of the portico was modified with a combination of sandstone, brick, and stucco in the first half of the 19th century (Fig. 4) with further concrete and iron rebar being installed in the 1930s and 1950s. When combined, historic and modern continued on page 3
Director’s Notes–George W. McDaniel, Ph.D.
keeping our heritage intact As 2010 nears its end, I can’t help but reflect back on what has been a challenging year in our nation’s history. There is still widespread economic uncertainty and political dissatisfaction, and the preservation movement has faced unprecedented budget cuts on time-tested and effective programs, like Save America’s Treasures, which have long supported our preservation initiatives. But despite the uncertain future we face, preservation advocates have continued their tireless work throughout this year, and we have begun to feel a growing excitement and energy here at Drayton Hall and across the country. Locally, Drayton Hall and other advocates worked diligently to promote and pass an Open Space referendum in Dorchester County, where most of the Plantation District is situated. The referendum asked Dorchester residents to levy a modest tax upon themselves, less than 7 dollars a year for the average household, in order to create a land acquisition program in the county that would protect and preserve green space for area residents. Despite vocal detractors, including candidates for county council, the bond passed on November 2nd with a truly astonishing 70% of voters in favor of the measure. This percentage speaks volumes about how important land conservation is becoming to the average citizen, and underscores the importance of “Whole Place Preservation” to the mission of Drayton Hall. Two decades ago, I saw the necessity for Drayton Hall to conserve not only the main house and its environs, but also the surrounding regional context, and have partnered with others in regional initiatives to this end. With the passage of this referendum, we are one step closer to ensuring that the lands surrounding our national treasure remain undeveloped and green. The fall issue of Forum, a publication of the National Trust, is devoted to the concept of “Whole Place Preservation” and features an article by our Ashley River Regional Coordinator, Emily Pack. This concept is also front and center on the National Trust’s agenda, thanks to the vision and leadership of our new President Stephanie Meeks. She came to us this year from her position as acting President and COO of the Nature Conservancy. Much of the excitement flowing through our ranks right now is due to the vision and energy she has brought to her new post. At the National Trust’s recent conference in Austin, TX, Meeks spoke to the importance of Whole Place Preservation when she stated, “I believe conservation and preservation are essentially synonymous. One focuses on the natural environment and one on the built environment, but both address the fundamental need to keep all the essential pieces of our heritage intact.” As we continue our work here at Drayton Hall to keep, as Meeks said, “the essential pieces of our heritage intact,” we hope you will both continue your support and come visit us to witness this work on the ground. As the preservation movement continues into the 21st century, we are lucky to have a leader who understands the importance of Drayton Hall and places like it across the country. In her remarks at Austin, Meeks added that both natural and historical sites across the country are important to conserve, “because they are fundamental to who we are and who we want to be.” As you consider your continued support of Drayton Hall, I hope you will keep our new leader’s sentiments in mind—that Drayton Hall is not only a place to reflect on what has been, but also on what can be.
The mission of Drayton Hall, a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is to preserve and interpret Drayton Hall and its environs, in order to educate and inspire people to embrace historic preservation.
Drayton Hall Site Council Anthony Wood, chairman Elizabeth Alston, Mary Ravenel Black, Lonnie Bunch, Mimi Cathcart, Edward Crawford, Dr. Elise DavisMcFarland, Jane deButts (emeritus), Charles Drayton (emeritus), Chad Drayton, Frank Drayton, W. Eric Emerson, Carl Gable, Phil Gaines, Stephen F. Gates, Douglas Lee, Benjamin Lenhardt, Sandy Logan, Peter McGee (emeritus), Hampton Morris, Monty Osteen, Suzanne Pollak, Michael Prevost, Chad Prosser, Connie Wyrick (emeritus) Executive Director George W. McDaniel
interiors staff Kristine Morris, editor Natalie Baker, graphic designer Robert A. Johnson, volunteer proofreader fall 2010 edition - contributors
We asked our contributors for their year-end reflections... George McDaniel, Ph.D, Executive Director - “We’ve taken Drayton Hall’s story on the road -- from Atlanta and NYC to Vincenza, Italy and Washington, DC. We’ve connected with old friends and made new ones!” Carter Hudgins, Ph.D, Director of Preservation - “With the completion of important projects to our landscape, collections and facilities, the preservation department looks forward to carrying momentum into 2011 and beyond.” Craig Tuminaro, Director of Museum Interpretation - “It was extremely gratifying to have three years of thoughtful planning culminate in such a grand way at the African American Memorial dedication.” Jessica Garrett, Director of Development - “One of my favorite sights is the trees by the ponds- people don’t think we get beautiful colors in the fall, but these trees are proof we do.”
Monte Parsons, Director of Individual Giving - “Atlanta, Beaufort, New York, Charleston, Italy, Charleston Library Society & Bruce Boucher, Palladian Circle Oyster Roast, Palladio!...and the beauty of Drayton Hall.” quotes: “I just found out about my grandfather, Richmond Herschel Bowens, and his awesome legacy...I’m James Herschel (Bowens) Campbell and I look forward to visiting in the near future, and learning more about my family.” “Goodbye house! I will remember you forever!”
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cover photo: Fig. 1. Drayton Hall Past and Present. A watercolor image of Drayton Hall completed by Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere in 1765 is shown on the left. A current photograph of Drayton Hall is shown on the right. Photograph by Charlotte Caldwell.
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building materials often compromise the integrity of one another. Consequently, the arrangement of old and new materials at Drayton Hall is in a state of deterioration as water has continued to enter the structural elements of the portico. This has resulted in wood rot, rusting iron, and concrete failure (Fig. 5). Complicating matters are various degrees of soil compaction as the northern half of the portico appears to be settling at a much greater rate than the southern half (Fig. 6). In 2011, Drayton Hall’s Preservation Department will continue this complex investigation as structural engineers and architectural conservationists specializing in historic preservation assess the structural integrity of the portico. Such work will be followed
above: Fig. 2. Drayton Hall and its portico through the ages. Comparing the 1765 Du Simitiere watercolor of Drayton Hall with a sketch of the main house completed by Lewis Reeves Gibbes in 1845 shows how the structure has been subtly modified through the years, possibly as a result of water damage and subsequent repairs.
above: Fig. 4. A view into the ceiling above the first floor of the portico. This picture shows water-damaged wooden joists supporting the second floor of the portico. In addition, the picture illustrates the brick and sandstone assembled as lintels spanning from column to column.
by the development of a methodology to conserve the portico. During this process, research to better understand its initial construction and its later adaptations will be combined with modern engineering practices to devise a strategy to stabilize the portico and preserve the physical layers of history still present in this location. As Drayton Hall prepares to evaluate and conserve the portico, pause for a moment and consider the national— in fact, international—significance of Drayton Hall. Not only is the house a marvel of colonial architecture that was influenced by the classical design principles of Andrea Palladio and the 18th-century neo-Palladian movement, it also stands as a testament to free and enslaved peoples responsible for the design and construction of this masterpiece. Now consider the loss of such an important structure if the proper steps are not taken. Not only would Drayton Hall be presented with a major void, but our American legacy would lose a survivor and a statement of the American experience.
above: Fig. 3. Craftsmen with Richard Marks Restoration investigate the first floor ceiling of Drayton Hall’s portico. During this process, historic building materials were removed to view the interior elements of the portico’s structure (see Fig. 4). Upon completion, all original materials were reinstalled.
above: Fig. 5. The author points to concrete and rebar damages present in the basement of Drayton Hall. These modern materials were used in the 1930s and 1950s to stabilize the foundation of the portico. Today, the iron rebar is rusting, expanding, and causing concrete failure.
To the hundreds of Friends whose 2009 year-end gifts and whose special gifts this summer have helped us begin to understand the portico’s structural problems, THANK YOU. To those of you inspired to help us take these next steps, THANK YOU too. As you consider your yearly giving to Drayton Hall, please keep this special project in mind and consider the huge impact that you can have on such an iconic part of the main house. – Jessica Garrett, Director of Development left: Fig. 6. Drayton Hall and its portico in the fall of 2010. From this perspective it is possible to see how the house is settling. The first floor portico door, for example, is settling to the north (left) while the window to the north (left) of the door is settling south (right). Such settling is visible just below the arrows inserted between the first and second floors of 3 the portico.
leave ‘em rest: a new memorial for a sacred place By Craig Tuminaro, Director of Museum Interpretation
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ctober 9, 2010 marked a special day in Drayton Hall’s history. It was the day a new memorial was dedicated in honor and celebration of the people of African descent who lived and worked at Drayton Hall over the course of three centuries. New additions to the landscape are not made lightly, and the dedication marked over three years of thoughtful consideration, planning, and conversation between staff, scholars, community members, and descendants to decide how to best honor the contributions and lives of these people. The memorial itself was hand wrought in the workshop of the famed blacksmith Philip Simmons. Despite his ill health in 2007, Mr. Simmons advised on the design throughout the process, and his nephew Carlton Simmons and cousin Ronnie Pringle executed the actual monument. Approximately 120 people attended the dedication which included remarks by Lonnie Bunch, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Dr. Bernard Powers, professor of history at the College of Charleston, who also served on the advisory committee that guided the project through its development. Mr. Bunch captured the spirit of the day when he stated during his remarks, “It is often the story of the enslaved and their descendants that is shrouded by the mists of forgetfulness. But today, this dedication allows us to pierce this mist with the sunshine of remembering.”
above: The new memorial fittingly incorporates the words of Richmond Bowens describing the preservation of the cemetery.
Descendants of families, white and black, came forward on this special day to recognize the contributions of the scores of African Americans—known and unknown, enslaved and free—who contributed to making Drayton Hall the special place that it was historically and that it remains today.
above: Descendant Catherine Braxton provided moving testimony on what the memorial means to her.
above: Family descendants traveled from New York and Connecticut to be part of the celebration.
Read Executive Director George McDaniel’s blog with many additional pictures of the memorial event at http://draytonhall.wordpress.com.
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“Why Is This Day Important?” “I do think you can tell a great deal about a people, a nation, by what they deem important enough to remember; what they build monuments to celebrate; and what graces the walls of their museums. But in some ways, we learn even more by what a country chooses to forget. This desire to omit— disappointments, moments of evil and great missteps—is quite instructive. Often it is the essence of African-American culture that is forgotten or neglected. It is often the story of the enslaved and their decendants that is shrouded by the mists of forgetfulness. But today, this dedication, allows us to pierce this mist with the sunshine of remembering.” - Lonnie G. Bunch below: Tools used by Philip Simmons were exhibited to participants.
above: Lonnie Bunch shared thoughts on the importance of the memorial. left: l-r, Esther Chandler, descendant, Lonnie Bunch, Maria Marable-Bunch, Catherine Braxton, George McDaniel.
“Within this cemetery, we know the names of some but many more names are known only to God. But today, we honor them all—we honor their sacrifice, their suffering and their impact. But we also honor their joy, their resiliency and their lives. It is clear that we are all made better by their lives—which are the foundation on which we stand.” - Lonnie G. Bunch below: Descendants led a procession into the cemetery while reading a list of over 300 names of people who once lived and worked at Drayton Hall.
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what is it? How was it used? by carter c. hudgins, ph.d., director of preservation In the summer of 2010, Drayton Hall’s Preservation Department completed photographic documentation of the museum collection with the help of interns Peter Finnerty, Claire Shields, and Courtney Devoe. Many of the objects in the collection had never been photographed, including this rare example of a 19th-century mosaic quilt. Interestingly, once the quilt was turned over to photograph its underside, we discovered manuscript sections in the form of paper templates used to hand piece and provide support for the textile (far right). Given the sensitive nature of both the textiles and manuscripts used to construct this quilt, conservation techniques are being evaluated to ensure the long-term survival of this rare treasure. Top of the quilt
Drayton Hall Welcomes 4 th Graders and a CCSD Partnership by rikki davenport, curator of education Autumn brought cool weather, colorful leaves, and 3,200 fourth grade students to Drayton Hall. Through a partnership with Charleston County School District (CCSD), all fourth-grade students took part in one of two education programs and toured the main house. And what better way for students to learn South Carolina social studies curriculum standards for colonial plantation life and the American Revolution than on the grounds of a preserved colonial plantation? In “A Day in the Life of a Colonial Plantation,” students compared and contrasted the lives of the Draytons with those of the enslaved people who lived and worked at Drayton Hall. Numerous interactive stations saw eager fourth graders learning what it took to produce cash crops, apprentice for a cooper or blacksmith, and prepare a meal using only what was available on a colonial plantation. This program also provided the opportunity for students to learn that many aspects of what we know as Lowcountry culture, including food and the Gullah language, have African roots. Drayton Hall educator, Sarah Ringering, remarked, “I always ask the students if they have ever eaten African food. Most say they have not. I love seeing their surprised looks when I tell them that okra, black-eyed peas, and benne seeds all originated in Africa.” Students taking part in “The American Revolution: War Comes to Drayton Hall” experienced life as a soldier when they set up camp, practiced marching, and wore the uniforms of British and Patriot soldiers. A student from Ashley River Creative Arts exclaimed, “I am standing right where soldiers were standing during the American Revolution. That is so amazing!” This comment is a true testament as to the importance of site-based education for students. We thank CCSD for working with us to provide such a memorable educational experience for every fourth-grader in the district. 6
“A Day in the Life of a Colonial Plantation” Students experience the tasks of enslaved field workers using colonial farm tools.
“The American Revolution: War Comes to Drayton Hall” Interpreter Sarah Ringering shows what life was like for soldiers camping at Drayton Hall.
Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com (keyword: Drayton Hall) for frequent updates on our educational and interpretive programs.
a new face to the online tour by Craig Tuminaro, Director of Museum Interpretation
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n the next few weeks, virtual visitors to Drayton Hall will have a whole new way to experience Drayton Hall via the web. The online tour will soon be converted to a completely new and fresh format, called Spinatour. It will provide 360-degree views of the site from 14 different locations, including a room currently closed for visitation as well as the attic. What makes it even more exciting is that informational captions, images of historic photographs, drawings, maps, and video segments will be loaded onto each location, extending the experience and allowing visitors to go deeper into Drayton Hall’s history. The online tour consistently ranks among the top three above: The new online tour will take visitors into areas they can’t normally see, including the attic. pages online visitors look at each day. The new tour will take this area of the website to a new level, allowing them to follow their own interests, and inspire an even greater level of engagement for visitors. Funding for the project was provided by the Interpretation and Education Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. below: A “special effects” panorama is an example of the viewing area within the Withdrawing Room.
(photos top:) By clicking on “hotspots” embedded within each location (seen here as a red star), visitors will be able to see historic images or other media related to that area, such as the 1765 watercolor in this example.
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romancing andrea palladio by Monte Parsons, Director of Individual Giving
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rayton Hall’s Friends deepened their “love affair” with Andrea Palladio over the course of the year. Beginning with the extraordinary exhibit in the spring, Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey, Friends gathered on April 7th at the Morgan Library in New York for a special tour of 31 original drawings by Palladio, supported by architectural models. The talented British model maker, Timothy Richards, made a surprise appearance. Richards stated, “In my travels across America I have witnessed how Americans are rooted in their landscape – still a nation of frontiersmen. The models chosen chart how individuals reinterpreted the language of Palladio and Rome and reveal the origin of a distinctly American architecture.” The exhibit served to whet the appetite of those traveling to the Veneto region of Italy in the fall, and set the stage for another taste of Italy over the summer. In July, the group gathered in Charleston for an Italian dinner extravaganza with noted Chef Ken Vendrinski of Trattoria Lucca. Prosecco and excellent Italian cuisine raised the level of anticipation for the adventure ahead.
above: Our group arrives at Villa Cornaro, circa 1533, in Piombino Dese, Italy.
On September 14th, all 32 travelers began their immersion in the life of Andrea Palladio through an exploration of the Veneto region, starting in Vicenza where Andrea Palladio spent most of his adult life. The opening reception included an introduction by Site Council member Carl Gable, who also served as co-host in his capacity as President of the Center for Palladian Studies. As the group traced Palladio’s evolving style through their travels to Villas Godi, Poiana, Foscari, Emo, Barbaro, and La Rotonda, everyone gained a greater appreciation for his genius. They arrived on a Sunday at Villa Cornaro, circa 1553, to a warm welcome by Sally and Carl Gable. The villa’s double portico reminded everyone of our own Palladian-inspired treasure, Drayton Hall. A private tour by the Gables included the attic and the beautiful living quarters, and was followed by a delicious lunch on the back lawn.
Next, the group took a step back in time to consider the influence that the city of Mantova had on Palladio. There the travelers visited artist-architect Giulio Romano’s Pallazzo Te, circa 1524, and its iconic Room of the Giants. A trip to the Veneto region would not have been complete without a stop in Venice to see Palladio’s churches, especially Il Rendentore, which was commissioned in 1576 by the Italian Senate seeking divine deliverance from the plague. It was a fitting final gift by Palladio to his patrons, whose wealth and support allowed him to become one of the most influential architects in the Western world. The travelers returned to Drayton Hall with a greater appreciation for the sophistication of John Drayton and his transatlantic connections that resulted in the construction of one of the first Palladianinspired structures in America. Il Rendentore, circa 1577. Venice, Italy.
above: Eighth-generation descendant Anne Drayton Nelson at the Morgan Library exhibit.
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above: L-R: Site Council members, G. McDaniel, C. Gable, Mimi Cathcart, Peter McGee, Steve Gates at Villa Cornaro.
above: Not even the rain could dampen the McMillans’ spirits.
more on the palladian connection with drayton hall: George McDaniel and Carter Hudgins give an illustrated talk on “Drayton Hall and the First Generation of the Palladian Legacy in America” on December 1st at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Moderated by Carl I. Gable, president of the Center for Palladian Studies in America.
a look back
PRESERVATION PAYS
A Sampling of Development Events from 2010
Your Life. Your Vision. Your Legacy Now is the time to begin planning your estate. All too often, we miss our biggest and best opportunity to influence, not just the future ownership of our possessions, but the meaning that others assign to our lives. We miss the chance to say, in our own words, what it meant to be who we were—to work, learn, suffer, and celebrate in ways others could find instructive or inspirational…if only we’d taken the time to document what was most important to us.
Family Fun First Saturdays: A Day in the Life of a Plantation, Feb. 6 – Curator of Education Rikki Davenport explains how rice was once grown, harvested, and handprocessed at Drayton Hall.
Family First Sundays – Revolutionary War, March 6th – Some of Drayton Hall’s youngest Friends were drilled on the history of the Revolutionary War.
Palladian Circle Oyster Roast, November 6 – Young Charleston professionals with an interest in history and preservation gathered for the first Palladian Circle Oyster Roast. The event included project-based house tours, local oysters and homegrown music.
Supporting Drayton Hall during your life may be an important cause you want to continue through your legacy. Including Drayton Hall in your estate plans allows your life’s work to protect this cherished historic site. There are a number of ways to remember Drayton Hall: through your will, living trust, retirement assets, life-insurance proceeds, gift annuity, or other life-income gift. Should you decide to make a bequest to Drayton Hall, here is the language you’ll need to use: “I, [name], of [city, state, ZIP], give, devise and bequeath to The National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States [a percentage of the estate or description of property or written amount] for the benefit of Drayton Hall, a National Trust historic site located in Charleston, South Carolina.” Plus, supporting Drayton Hall through your estate plans today could lead to an additional benefit for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Robert Wilson Charitable Trust has agreed to make a gift in recognition of qualifying planned gifts of 10% of their value to the National Trust immediately.
Palladian Circle Oyster Roast, November 6 – Palladian Circle members relax at picnic tables by the reflecting pool.
By including Drayton Hall in your estate plans today, you can guarantee the future of a place that matters to you for generations to come.
If you would like to learn more, please contact Monte Parsons, director of individual giving, at 843-769-2635 or monte_parsons@draytonhall.org. This information is not intended as legal advice. For legal advice, please consult an attorney. 9
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Ever since opening its doors to the public as a National Trust Historic Site, Drayton Hall has depended on the contributions of members and donors who are dedicated to our mission of preservation and education.We would like to thank all of the individuals, foundations, corporations, and organizations on the following lists for their generosity in 2009. While we worked hard to ensure we have listed all those who donated $100 and above between January 1 and December 31, 2009, mistakes do occur. Please don’t hesitate to contact the Development Department if you have any questions or concerns at 843-769-2612.
The Society of 1738 $50,000 and up Robert A. and Marion K. Kennedy Charitable Trust
$15,000 and up The estate of Mary Ann Clegg Smith
$10,000 and up Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Kellogg The Post and Courier Foundation
$5,000 and up Anonymous Esther Hoshall Beaumont Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Stone
$2,500 and up Mr. and Mrs. Robert Black Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Drayton, III Mr. Charles H. Drayton Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gable Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Gates Mrs. Joy Just Steiner Susan R. and John W. Sullivan Foundation Anonymous
Drayton Hall Society $1,000 and up Mr. David K. Baughman Mrs. Mary Betts Bohm Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Brumley Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Crawford Ms. Jody Davids Mr. and Mrs. M. Graham Drayton Mrs. Maureen Field Mr. David B. Ford Mrs. Eric G. Friberg Mr. and Mrs. Richard Galeucia Mrs. Tamara Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Dupont Hayward The Martha and Bronson Ingram Foundation Ms. Judith Johnson Mrs. Jennifer Brooks Johnstone Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kelligrew Mr. Allen Lang The Elizabeth C. Rivers Lewine Endowment at Coastal
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Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Larry London Miss Isabella T. Lynn Mrs. Peter Manigault Mrs. Frank McClain Mr. David M. Morris Mrs. Michael T. Negles Mrs. J. Garnett Nelson Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Osteen, Jr. Ms. Monte N. Parsons Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pollak Ms. Barbra M. Pooley Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Prioleau Ms. Kathleen A. Skeels Mrs. Anne P. Sylvester Mr. Lee A. Taylor
Sustainers $500 and up Dr. and Mrs. James C. Allen Mrs. Dorothy C. Brown Mr. and Mrs. T. Heyward Carter, Jr. Mrs. Robert S. Cathcart, III Dr. and Mrs. David Chalker Mr. and Mrs. William C. Cleveland Mr. and Mrs. John Coppedge Mr. LeRoy J. Dare Capt. and Mrs. Ward W. De Groot Mrs. William Hunter deButts, Jr. The George Drayton Family Mrs. Susan Eichelberger Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Gimarc Mrs. Florence Goodyear Mr. and Mrs. Reese Grams Mr. and Mrs. Stan Halstead Mrs. Roger Hanahan Ms. Katharine M. Hartley Mrs. Charlotte McCrady Hastie The Rev. and Mrs. Alanson Houghton Mrs. Sue A. Idleman Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Jenrette, III Mrs. Charles H. Jones, Jr. Ms. Annelore Kurtz Mr. and Mrs. W. Craig Leese Mr. and Mrs. William C. Lortz Mr. and Mrs. Theodore L. Lucker Mr. and Mrs. Laird Macdonald Mr. John W. Martin Mr. Bill Maynard Dr. and Mrs. Stuart McDaniel Dr. and Mrs. George W. McDaniel
Joseph H. and Evelyn M. McGee Fund of Coastal Community Foundation of SC Mr. and Mrs. G. Wilson Miller Mr. James D. Mohr Mr. Ham Morrison and Ms. Mimi Van Wyck Ms. Barbara Moser Mr. Michael J. Motycka Mr. and Mrs. John W. Murtagh, Jr. Mrs. Carol S. Peschel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Rash, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Reahard, III Mr. Charles Reichert Mrs. Kathleen Riley The Honorable and Mrs. Mathew Robins Mrs. Imogene Shelton Ms. Bonnie Stook Mrs. Elizabeth Drayton Taylor Mr. Theodore W. Vasiliou Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Veitch Gen. and Mrs. David E. Watts Ms. Deborah Wexler
Contributors $250 and up Ms. G. A. Adelson Ms. Helen C. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Arrington Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Atnip Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Averyt Maj. and Mrs. Henry Drayton Barratt, USMC. Ret. Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Bilas Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Bland, Jr. Mr. Ronald J. Blaszak Ms. Emily Blount Mr. Charles Bosak, III Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bowe Mr. J. A. Bucy, II Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cahill Mr. Richard Evans Carlson Ms. Paula B. Carson Mr. Steve Carter Miss Lucy Anne Cathcart Dr. Stanley S. Chmiel, M.D. Mrs. Susan H. Clark Mr. and Mrs. David Cook Ms. Lanette Cook Mr. and Mrs. George Demas Mrs. Lucile DeSoto Mrs. Susan Griffitts Dickson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dobbs
Mrs. Jean Dolson Mr. John A. Dominick Mrs. Roland W. Donnem Mr. and Mrs. P. Steven Dopp Ms. Alexis Dougherty Dream Weaver Land Holdings, LLC Ms. Ruth W. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fedorchak Mr. and Mrs. Helmut Fiedler Ms. Nancy L. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gall Mr. Arthur Giardino Ms. Linda Amelia Giller Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greenholtz Mrs. Christine Grochowski Ms. Bernadette Guest Mr. and Mrs. James Guignard Mr. and Mrs. David Lott Hardy Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heusel Mr. Charles W. Hopkins Mr. Mark C. Huey Mr. Bill G. Hunter Ms. Terrie Johansen Ms. Mickey Kelley Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Knapp Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kubu Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Lee Mrs. John G. MacDougal Mr. and Mrs. David Martin Mr. Todd A. Massey Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Mather, Jr. Mr. Dan Michalak Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Michaud Mr. John Middleton Mrs. George W. Miller Mr. Guy E. Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. W. Hampton Morris Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mosimann, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Bradley G. Mullen Mrs. Jane Nicholson Mr. and Mrs. W. R. O’Connell Miss Karen Orloff Mr. William H. Osborne, III Ms. Sandra Owen Mr. and Mrs. James D. Penny Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Pohl Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Pownall Mr. and Mrs. Michael Prevost Mr. and Mrs. Eldon W. Riley Ms. Kathleen H. Rivers Mr. John M. Rivers, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Terence Roth Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ruddell Ms. Elaine K. Segelken
Mr. Gerald L. Seyle Mrs. Marlene E. Shales Ms. Natalie Shivers Dr. Robert G. Shong Mrs. Terry C. Smith Ms. Joan Stephenson Mr. Mark Strattner Ms. Sandra L. Sully Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swan Mr. and Mrs. Roger V. Swanson, Jr. Ms. Martha A. Teichner Mr. Gary A. Thieret Mr. James G. Thomas Ms. Elizabeth B. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. John Huger Tison Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Tubman Mr. Peter M. Turner Mr. Harry Valentine Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Wagner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Westford D. Warner Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wassergord Ms. Sheila Wertimer and Mr. Gary Gruca Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Wiggers Ms. Adrienne Wilds Mr. C. L. Woodbridge
Partners $100 and up Mr. Daniel B. Akers Mr. and Mrs. Richard Alkire Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Allen Miss Karen M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. John B. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ardrey Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Armfield Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Armstrong Ms. Pat Audirsch Mr. C W. Augur Ms. Diana and Mr. Charles Bain Mr. and Mrs. Don Balderson Mr. and Mrs. Porter Baldridge Mr. and Mrs. William Barksdale, Jr. Dr. Susan Bauer, DVM Mrs. Robert N. Bavier, Jr. Mr. John Baynes and Ms. Susan Thorpe Mr. and Mrs. J. Pat Beaird, Jr. Mr. Paul Belotti Mr. Dennis Bickham Mr. and Mrs. Charles Black Mr. Richard B. Bodman Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Bolen Mr. Rick Bolt Mr. Samuel A. Bowman Mr and Mrs Benjamin Boylston Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brandenburg Mr. and Mrs. R. Breiling Mr. Frederick Breimyer and Ms. Adele Langevin
Ms. Joan Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Briskman Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Brokes Mr. and Mrs. John Brooks Mr. Dirk Brown Mr. Charles A. Brown Mr. and Mrs. William Brown Mr. Christian Brutzer and Ms. Regina Anderson Ms. Susan L. Buck Ms. Susan Bungert Ms. Sandra Burch Mr. Edward J. Burnell Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Bush Mrs. Pam Buthmann Dr. Thomas P. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Patrick D. Cardon Dr. and Mrs. Brian Catto Drs. Scott Cawelti and Angeleita Floyd Mr. Donald S. Chakas Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Chapman Mr. Wayne S. Chapman Mr. Marc J. Christiansen Mrs. Lauren Jenkins Chung Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Citro Mr. Robert L. Clark Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Clements Mr. Nelson Coates Mrs. William H. Cogswell, III Mr. Frederic E. Cole Mr. and Mrs. William C. Coleman Ms. Johnnie Coomes Ms. Diana Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Evan Copsey Ms. Betty J. Cosmos Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cox Mrs. Cathy Cozine Mrs. Susan E. Crocker Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Crutchfield Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Cullerton Mr. and Mrs. G. Jeremy Cummin Mrs. F. Willson Daily Ms. Diana Daimwood Ms. Deborah A. Dalgliesh Mr. and Mrs. Sam Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Day Mr. and Mrs. D. Gaither Dean, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George Dehne Ms. Erin Delaney Mr. Raymond Delong Mrs. H. C. DeMuth Mrs. Pat Desmond Mr. and Mrs. V. Thomas Deville Mr. and Mrs. George Devine Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Deweese, III Mr. and Mrs. Richard Didas Mr. and Mrs. J. Gardiner Dodd Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Douglas Prof. Michelle Dowd The Drake Family Mrs. Richard Drayton Miss. Dorothea Drayton
Mrs. Frances Drayton-Ichijo Mrs. Angela Desoto Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis Mr. and Mrs. T. Truxton Emerson Mr. Leonard Emory Ms. Diane Esslinger Mr. Frederic A. Eustis II Mrs. Anne Marie Ezzo Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Fair Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Fanning Mr. Norman C. Farrar Mrs. Yvonne K. Fee Mrs. Kimberly Feinberg Mr. Jeffrey Feltman Mr. Thomas G. Fette Ms. Susan Flaster Ms. Patricia B. Fleming Ms. Shirley D. Forbes Ms. Julia Forster and Mr. John E. Thompson Mrs. Elizabeth Foshee Mrs. Shirley Morgan Foster Mrs. W. Lang Foster Ms. Helen P. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fox Mr. and Mrs. Lee H. Frame Ms. Julia B. Freeman Ms. Lisa Friedlander Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Frist Ms. Peggy Fujimoto Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gallivan Dr. and Mrs. W. David Gemmill Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Giesy Mrs. John Gilchrist Mrs. Carolyn B. Glover Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gordon Miss Mary Gorman Ms. Amanda Gough Mrs. Amy Grace Ms. Michelle Grajkowski Ms. Janet Grant Mr. Bill F. Greschel Mr. Jerry Grigsby Ms. Mary Beth Grix Mr. and Mrs. Phil Grose Mr. and Mrs. David Groth Mr. and Mrs. Orin Guidry Mr. and Mrs. Warren Guilmartin Mr. and Mrs. William E. Guthrie, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hackenberg Mrs. George Haimbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Hale Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hanlin Mr. and Mrs. Brant Hardy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Harlan, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Michael Harres Dr. and Mrs. Tom Harrison Mr. and Mrs.George S. Hartley Mr. William D. Harvey Mr. Robert Hastings Mrs. Eaddy Williams Hayes Dr. and Mrs. John Hegley Mr. and Mrs. John Herin Ms. Suzanne J. Higgins Mrs. Laura H. Hines
Mrs. Ann M. Hirsch Mr. Ron Hirsch and Ms. Betty Reid Mr. E. Dean Hodge Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Hoffman Mr. John Holla and Mr. Jerry Fernandez Mr. and Mrs. Randy Holton Mr. Del Hooker Mr. and Mrs. John K. Hopkins Mr. and Dr. Wes Hoskins Mr. G. David Houser Mr. Ervin W. Houston Ms. Dianne W. Howell Mr. Horst W. Huber Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Hudson Ms. Sabrina Huffaker Ms. Charmel Huffman Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hutchinson Mr. H. W. Israel and Mr. H. M. Grix Mr. Mike Ito Ms. Gloria R. James Mrs. Elizabeth D. Jett Dr. and Mrs. M. Craig Johns Mr. Randy Johnson Ms. Priscilla Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Brent Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Bari Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Johnstone, II Mr. Wilbur D. Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll P. Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kaeser Mr. Don Kamb, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth T. Kappel Ms. Joanne B. Kelley Ms. Teresa Kennedy Ms. Colleen Kennedy Mr. Richard and Ms. Leah Kenney Mr. Douglas B. Kent Mr. Drayton Kidder Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kidder Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Kleckley Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Klein Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kollar Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kuehn Mrs. Roberta Kysar Dr. Paul R. Lafavore, MD Ms. Elsie R. Landon Mr. and Mrs. Starling R. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Dwain Leak Mrs. Linda Leemon Mrs. Frances Lewis Mr. and Mrs. James Linam Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Lipscomb, III Mr. William G. Litchfield Mr. J. Thomas Lockard Mrs. Christina M. Lofgren Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Lowery Ms. Valerie Lyons Mr. and Mrs. John W. MacDonald, Jr. Ms. Karla Machacek Mr. and Mrs. Ward MacKenzie
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Mrs. Robert C. Maguire Mrs. Carol Mahoney Capt. and Mrs. Nat D. Malcolm Mr. and Mrs. Robert Malyuk Mr. Laurence Manchester Mr. James Manzer Mr. Greg Marcangelo Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Markins Mr. and Mrs. Hal Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Marziale Dr. Sally Mattingly Mr. Guy C. Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. Jim McAtee Mr. Herman McDaniel Mr. and Mrs. Gary McDaniel Mr. Wilson E. McIvor Mr. and Mrs. Matt McKnight Mr. and Mrs. William McMillen Mr. and Mrs. James Meer Owen and Ann Merrill Ms. Rosemary L. Meszaros Mr. and Mrs. L. Fred Miller Mr. Bill Miller and Ms. Donna Richards Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Miller Mr. H. F. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Mobley Mr. Alan Monson Ms. Dorothy Morgan Mr. and Mrs. James Morrill Mr. Gary Morrow Mr. and Mrs. William E. Moss Mr. Louis K. Mowbray Dr. Lloyd H. Muller Mrs. Elaine Mummery Mr. and Mrs. James B. Mundt Ms. Pamela H. Murdock Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Steven Nagle Mrs. Mustafa Naguib Mr. Eric Nelson Mrs. Gai Newkirk Mrs. Phyllis A. Newton Mr. John Nickum and Dr. Linda Lear Ms. Marjorie Nunn Mrs. Jennifer O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ogden, III Mr. and Mrs. Robert O’Grady Ooh Events Ms. Marjorie Osgood Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Owen, Jr. Mrs. Linda J. Paige Mr. Jeremy Palmer Ms. Elizabeth Pangburn Mrs. Tita Parham Mrs. Constance S. Parramore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Partridge Mr. Ronald D. Patrick Mr. and Mrs. James Paul Mr. Donald C. Pearl and Ms. Bonnie E. Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Peters Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peters Mr. and Mrs. George William Pike Mr. and Mrs. Mark Pilgrim Mrs. Virginia Drayton Pirmann Mr. and Mrs. Steve Pirnat
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pitts V. Adm. Douglas C. Plate Ms. Jeanne Pletscher Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey K. Poet Mrs. Mary Ann Pohlmann Mr. Robert L. Pollard Ms. Stephanie Pope Mrs. Eilene R. Pottorff Mr. and Mrs. Barry Pounders Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pribbernow Mrs. Dorothy Puhl Mr. John B. Purcell, Jr. Ms. Sharon Quinn Ms. Peggy Rash Mrs. Marguerite W. Rathbun Mr. Richard A. Rauber and Ms. Sandra Jones Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Rawe Ms. Alison Brue Rea Mr. and Mrs. James L. Redmond Reef Seekers Questers Mr. and Mrs. W. Mason Rees, Jr. Ms. Margaret S. Reider Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Reiners Mr. and Mrs. William R. Richardson, Jr. Mr. Lawrence O. Richter Ms. Harriet R. Ripinsky Mr. Raleigh Roark and Ms. Beth Preslar Mr. and Mrs. James Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Harold Robling Mrs. Luanne Rodgers Mr. Charles E. Roemer Ms. Elaine D. Ruech Mr. Tom Ruhf Mrs. Carole Ruse Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rynerson The Rev. Dr. Alan K. Salmon Mrs. Doris D. Sandberg Mr. Christopher Schepis Mrs. Elizabeth Schneider Mr. Herbert J. Scholz, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon D. Schreck Mr. and Mrs. Larry Scott Mrs. Beverly Scott-Corcoran Mrs. Sarah Seddelmeyer Mr. Michael G. Seich Ms. Barbara Selenkow Rippberger Mr. A. Lee Shapleigh, III Dr. and Mrs. William M. Simpson, Jr. Mrs. Ellen Sklar Ms. Tamar Small Ms. C. Allen Smith Ms. Jann Smith Mr. R. Ted Smith Phil and Starr Snead Mr. Ted Sodergren Mr. Paul Emile Sonier Ms. Linda Sosnowitz Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stalder Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stamps Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Steenson Mr. David A. Steffen Ms. Rett Stegall
Mr. and Mrs. John Stenerson Ms. Anna W. Stephens Mr. and Mrs. Wally Stewart Mr. and Mrs. John D. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stiehr Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. Stoltenberg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Stover Dr. and Mrs. Rodger E. Stroup Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stuck Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sturtevant Ms. Mary Anne K. Sutton Mr. and Mrs. Jan H. Suwinski Mr. Robert L. Swindell Ms. Alex Takasugi Mrs. Anne R. Tankard Mr. and Mrs. David E. Tate Dr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Thompson Mrs. Cynthia A. Thompson Ms. Beverly Tilghman Mr. Charles R. Tilley Mrs. Beverly Tobey Mr. Stephen Tose and Ms. Nancy Davis Ms. Judy L. Trimble Mrs. Denise V. Trucillo Mr. and Mrs. William J. Trushel Ms. Elizabeth S. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. John Turba Mr. and Mrs. John L. Turchi Mr. David G. Turnbaugh Ms. Leslie A. Turner Ms. Vanessa Turner-Maybank Mrs. Pat Van Durme Mr. and Mrs. Wilson VanArsdale Mr. and Mrs. Roger Varin Mr. and Mrs. Matt Verschelden Mrs. Harold A. Via, Jr. Mrs. Dana Waite Ms. Karen A. Waldron Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Ms. Dena Warth Mr. and Mrs. Richard Was Miss Rita M. Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Wauford Dr. and Mrs. C. Douglas Webb, Jr. Mrs. Ross Webb Mr. and Mrs. Alton L. Weekley Ms. Teresa Weikel Mr. and Mrs. William Weirs Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Weisenfelder Ms. Cindy F. Wheeler Mr. J. William Wheeler Dr. Cynthia White Mr. C. B. Whitley, Jr. Mr. Joseph W. Wick Miss Jeanne M. Wiedenman Mrs. Linda M. Wiest Mr. Ken Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. Floyd A. Willette Rev. and Mrs. David Williams Mrs. John R. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams, III Ms. Susan Williams
Mr. Tim Wilson Dr. Betty Karol Wilson Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson Mr. and Mrs. John Winthrop Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wohlford Dr. Thomas J. Worrall Mrs. P. Gerhardt Zacher Mrs. Leslie Zimmerman
In honor of… Ms Erin Delaney Mr. Charles H. Drayton Drayton Hall Staff, past and present Mary Carolyn and Harold Dunn Ms. Vera Ford Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gable Mrs. Debbi James Mr. and Mrs. Fulton D. Lewis, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George McDaniel Mrs. Mary Ellen K. Miller Mrs. J. Garnett Nelson Mr. Luke Nesmith Ms. Monte Parsons Ms. Cornelia H. Pelzer Robert and Ann Peters Ms. Leda Rapp Mrs. Porter C. Smith Ms. Anne Stephens Ms. Lauren Tomlinson Mr. Anthony C. Wood Mrs. Debbi Zimmerman
In memory of… Those buried at the AfricanAmerican cemetery Ms. Joan R. Adkins Mr. Richmond Bowens Ms. Charlotta Drayton Mr. Frederick Rogers Drayton Mrs. Mary Jervey Drayton Mrs. Henrietta Gaillard Mr. Ira Hudgins Mr. William Lawler Elsie Birk Loucks Mr. George W. Miller Mr. J. Garnett Nelson Mr. William Smith Mr. Glenn W. Snow Dr. Ross A. Webb
Matching Gift Companies Alliant Energy Foundation Ameriprise Financial Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Bank of America Foundation The Boeing Company Chevron Corporation ExxonMobil Foundation Gap Foundation Lincoln Financial Group Pfizer Foundation Prudential Foundation Sarah Lee Foundation Tyco Wachovia Foundation Wells Fargo
The First Members of the Friends of Drayton Hall Recently, while I was sorting through a box of files left in my office, I came upon a folder entitled “First Annual Friends List, 1982-1983.” The first list of Friends? What a find! Inside were a number of yellowed pieces of paper prepared on a typewriter. The names on the list were in no particular order—perhaps as people joined? Because our digital records don’t go this far back, we can’t be sure if this is list is complete. This is where you come in. Did you join back in 1982 or 1983? We’d love to learn more about those who have supported Drayton Hall for almost 30 years. Just think: from this group of 300 Friends sprung a membership organization that has over 6,500 members worldwide today. Some of the members names in the list below are in blue because they were on the first list and are still members today. If you were one of the first Friends, but not listed here, please let us know. We’d like to say thank you for decades of support. Ms. Mary M. Accola Ms. Mary Albro Dr. and Mrs. James C. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. James B. Anthony Mr. Lewis M. Armistead Mr. and Mrs. David Ayer Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Backitis H. Parrott Bacot Mr. Arthur B. Baer Mr. and Mrs. M.M. Baker Col. and Mrs. James O. Baker Mr. and Mrs. N.I. Ball III Robert E. Lee Barker Mr. and Mrs. A. Lewis Barnes Frances O. Barrett Ms. Margo Barvin Dr. and Mrs. Norman H. Bell Mr. and Mrs. John Benton Sammye H. Blackard Mrs. David Boblitt Mr. and Mrs. Sterling R. Bolling Harold M. and Jeanne S. Bondhus LCDR and Mrs. David H. Booth Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bowe Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Bowes II Mr. Samuel A. Bowman Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Bromley, Jr. Mr. Anson Brooks Elise C. Brownell William J. Bruce Mrs. Vera Mae C. Buchanan A. F. Burnside, Jr., M.D. Lorrie Cannon Mr. Cecil W. Carroll Paula B. Carson Karen and Bill Chambers Mrs. Anne. R. Chilton Melaina Gail Clement Capt. and Mrs. R.T. Clement Miss Elizabeth M. Clotworthy Mr. and Mrs. William G. Coke, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William G. Cole Jane M. Collins Mrs. William M. Connor Ira W. Cory Marilyn Cox-Gum Mr. Gary Crafts Mr. Gilbert M. Cramer Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Crone Mrs. M.A.H. Crossland Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Crutchfield J. Willis Culler Mr. Alan Dacombe J. Wendell Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Davis Mr.a nd Mrs. R.G. Dettlaff Ms. G. Juanita Didion Miriam B. Dingle Mr. J. Marion Doar Richard W. Doran Sallie Doscher Mrs. Barbara Doyle Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Drayton Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Drayton, Jr. Mrs. Frank B. Drayton Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Drayton, Jr. Mr. Randolph Drayton Mr. and Mrs. Richard Drayton Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Drew, III Richard E. Drover Marjorie H. Dunham Ruth S. Durloo W.H. Entwistle Dr. O.D. Evans, Jr. Mrs. Clay Evatt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Ewing III
Dr. and Mrs. F.S. Fairey, Jr. Harvey W. Fielder Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Finger Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Finger, Jr. Charles E. Francis Mr. Frederick L. Fryer Col. and Mrs. Royce W. Fudge William R. Fudge Phyllis C. Funke Maxine Furmanek Kenn R. Furness Col. and Mrs. Samuel C. Galbreath Gary M. Gerlach, AIA Ms. Linda Gideon Mr. Gerald D. Goddard Ms. Elizabeth Goltra Ms. Katherine Goltra Mrs. R. Graham Hugh R. Graham Dr. Edward G. Green Harlan M. Greene Ms. Dorothy G. Griffin Michael F. Grosso Mr. W.G. Grote Ms. Tommie L. Gruber Mr. David S. Guckenberg William A. Gumberts Mr. and Mrs. James Gurney Walter H. Gussenhoven Mr. and Mrs. William Halbritter Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Hallick Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hanlin Charles B. Hanna Chris T. Harding Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harrison Mr. and Mrs. C. Norwood Hastie Mrs. M.K. Hayes Mrs. Charles V. Heck Mrs. John Godwin Hemminger Harold S. Hemstreet Mr. James M. Hester Jan V. Hipp Betsy Hoag Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Hodges, Jr. Mr.a nd Mrs. David Hoerner Mr. and Mrs. John Holland, Jr. Stephen W. Hooper Lloyd G. Hooper Mr. Irving W. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. David Huber Parker Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Junius K. Huff, III Mrs. Blake Hughes Mr. and Mrs Thomas. A. Huguenin Mr. and Mrs. David Bryant Hunter Evalee F. Jennings Beverly K. Johnson Harriott Means Johnson Dorris B. Johnson Deb Johnson Ms. Patricia E. Jones Miss Anne Justice Ms. Carolyn D. Keeter Kiawah Island Club Lyle E. King Apryll E. Kingsbury Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kirkman T. Christopher Kitzmiller J. Gregory Knight Mr. Alan E. Koester Mr. Thomas Koester, Jr. Mr. Peter Koppitz Mr. and Mrs. Kim G. Krause Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krell Mr. Ralph Kuhlman Mrs. Lucy S. Kuhne Karen Kusey
Ms. Martha LaFleur Dr. and Mrs. Roger D. Lambert Torbjorn H. Larsen C. Henry Larson Phil Latham Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lazarus Ms. Belle Lewitz John F. Limehouse Ms. Robin Line Mrs. Clifford O. Lines Cdr. Frederick D. Litvin Elizabeth B. Lloyd A.T. Lohkamp Eben W. Lothrup Ms. Ruth J. Lott Dorothy L. Love Mr. and Mrs. E. Herrick Low Frank E. Lucas, AIA Mrs. Alice Lutfig James M. Lyles, III Susan Maggette Mr. David H. March Ms. Katherine Matson Bruce V. Mavec Linda N. May Mrs. W. Peyton May Mrs. Franklin A. McCarthy Paula M. McDonald Mr and Mrs. Joseph H. McGee Mr. Douglas McGuigan Mr. and Mrs. Steven McLoon Mr. Lester Melnicove Mrs. Paul Messinger Mr. Kenneth D. Miller Mr.a nd Mrs. Henry F. Mixter Mr. Paul L. Mohling Mr. and Mrs. Steven Monte Mrs. Elberta Moody Margaret S. Moore Irving and Doris R. Morris Mr. and Mrs. Irving Morris Frank J. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Niedenbach Mr. and Mrs. J. Garnett Nelson Sue A. Newton Mrs. Wayne J. Newton Ms. Marilyn C. Noel Mr. S. Peter Nyce Ms. Elizabeth B. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. H. Montague Osteen Dean Owens Ms. Catherine A. Owen Mrs. R.B. Pamplin Ms. Frances Parham Ms. Evelyn C. Parish Harold Travis Parker Mr. James A. Patterson Ms. Rosalinda Paul Danny Peary Mr. William E. Peto Mrs. Edward H. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Pierpont Donald and Suzanne F. Plouff James D. Polzois Poogan’s Porch Suzanne Priftis Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Pritchard, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. A. Bert Pruitt Sharon Rabun Ms. Jennifer L. Radcliff Louis C. Rasmussen Bonnie J. Rathfelder Mr. David Richards Mrs. Pauline Riley Mr. and Mrs. Allen Road Mr. and Mrs. William Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Roger Robinson
Ms. Paula R. Rome Mrs. Frederick E. Rowe Lillie L. Rubenstein Jeanne M. Sales Mr. William F. Santillo and Ms. Gillian Kerr Mr. and Mrs. Alfred P. Sawyer Ms. Kathleen E. Schrader Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Seagran Sally Self Mr. Frank Shackleford William H. Sharpe, Jr. David J. Shaw, AIA Robert A. Shoolbred Sallie E. Simons Eleanor G. Simons Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Smith Margie S. Smyrnes Mr. and Mrs. P.Y. Spillman Spoleto Festival U.S.A. Mrs. Henry Philip Staats Mr. and Mrs. Tom Staradoj Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Steere, Jr. K. Lee Steidel Barbara Stephens Judith C. Sterrett Daniel Duvall Stevens, Jr. Mrs. Elliott B. Strauss Mr. Robert Strous Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W. Stubbs, Jr. Elsie Tabor Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Taylor Caroline K. Tefft Ms. Silvia Tennenbaum The Bakers’ Café Mr. Arthur J. Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Wilfre P. Tiencken Mary L. Todd Mr. and Mrs. James W. Tower Dr. W.S. Trakas Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trautmann Rebecca Traynor Mr. and Mrs. George E. Trump Elizabeth S. Tucker Ms. Margaret Ann Tyner Merle J. Tyroler Ms. Ann W. Tyson Mrs. J. Warren Van Deusen Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Van Landingham C.F. Visich Ruth von Karowsky Mrs. Edwin B. Waddington Mr. Herbert H. Wadsager Mr. Orville E. Waite Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Walker Mr. and Mrs. M. Pierpont Warner Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Wasson Ms. Opal H. White Mr. and Mrs. William S. Wightman Ms. Gina Wilkerson Frank J. Wilton Robert Winthrop Ms. Martha B. Wiser Robert F. Wissert Women’s Board, Winnetka Community House Kenneth S. Worthy II Mrs. Mery Etta Wreck Wayne Wuestenberg Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Wulff Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C. Yancey Carol Yarborough Margaret J. Young Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Zuckerman
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l-r: George McDaniel, Stephanie Meeks, Craig Tuminaro, Rikki Davenport, Curator of Education.
New National Trust President Visits Drayton Hall in July. l-r: George McDaniel, Executive Director, Drayton Hall; Catherine Braxton, descendant of the Bowens family at Drayton Hall; Charles Drayton, seventh-generation descendant of the Drayton family; Rebecca Campbell, descendant of the Bowens family at Drayton Hall; and Stephanie Meeks, the new president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as she made Drayton Hall the first stop on her initial tour of the sites. “Whole place preservation,” the convergence of environmental conservation and historic preservation in order to manage change, is a key concept for Meeks and the future of historic preservation. At a luncheon reception where she met with staff, board members, and Friends of Drayton Hall, Meeks lauded Drayton Hall’s leadership in preservation and education, characterizing Drayton Hall as a “beacon” to other historic sites. The MOJA Festival held its annual Community Tribute Luncheon at Drayton Hall on Saturday, October 2nd. The event recognized local leaders and other individuals for their outstanding contributions to the quality of life in their community. Our 27th Annual Spirituals Concerts take place on Saturday and Sunday, December 4th and 5th with a matinee each day and an evening performance on Saturday. Ann Caldwell & The Magnolia Singers will perform three concerts in the Raised English Basement.
Wendy Weeks, Concierge at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, and our volunteer Visitor Liaison Franco Manzullo meet to discuss “what’s new” at Drayton Hall.
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l-r: George McDaniel, receives the Heritage Corridor Meritorious Service Award from SCNHC Director Michelle McCollum and SCNHC Board Chairman Charlie Sweat at the 2010 International Heritage Development Conference (IHDC).
Frances Edmunds 1917 – 2010. A Charleston native and a genuine leader in preservation, Frances Edmunds was the driving spirit and visionary behind Historic Charleston Foundation from 1948 until her retirement in 1985. When she won the nation’s highest honor in preservation in 1971, the Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award from the National Trust, she gave the award money toward the purchase of Drayton Hall. As the first chairman of the site’s advisory board, she laid the foundation for Drayton Hall’s future development. Richard Moe, president of the Trust at the time of her death, said: “The National Trust for Historic Preservation mourns the passing of this true pioneer of the preservation movement. [Her] long train of accomplishments and legacy will continue to inspire preservationists for years to come.”
Colonial Carolina Summer Camp. If only you could have seen the smiles on the faces of the camper/ historians ages 5 through 12 over the two weeks that Drayton Hall’s summer camp was in session. There were many favorite activities, from participating in a ring shout using traditional African instruments to crafting take-home treasures. Kyle, one of our campers had this to say: “I love this camp so much I never want to leave.”
our interns Annie MacIver is a senior at the College of Charleston, majoring in Historic Preservation with a minor in Archaeology. Annie is learning her ceramic types as she completes the artifact washing from the past archaeological field season. She enjoys explaining her work to curious visitors. Eva Falls is a senior at the College of Charleston and is an Anthropology and Religious Studies Major with Minors in Archaeology, Geology and Dance! Eva is working on her senior thesis project, examining the European ceramics from the south flanker well in order to determine the mean ceramic dates for each stratigraphic layer. Estrella Gomez is a junior at Charleston Southern University majoring in Communications and Spanish. She is assisting the communications department in all aspects of special events management and program development. Estrella is also a deeply committed community volunteer – shown here with Habitat for Humanity of Berkeley County.
Love Drayton Hall? Love shopping? Isn’t it nice that you can enjoy both at our popular Museum Shop? Here’s where you’ll find artisan-inspired treasures, signature souvenirs, and many one-of-akind items to strike your fancy and those on your gift list. Our shop staff is standing by to help you make someone happy. And don’t forget: members save 10% year round on top of our already reasonable prices, and there’s no sales tax. And another bonus: the satisfaction of knowing that the proceeds from every purchase benefit Drayton Hall’s preservation efforts – now that’s priceless.
Summer Interns JeanChristophe Pigeon and Thibaut Jeandel, students at the Ecole Nationale Superieure du Paysage, the French National School of Landscape Architecture. in Versailles, France, worked at Drayton Hall and Magnolia Gardens to complete a ten week internship program sponsored by the French Heritage Society.
A Day On The Ashley for Couples & Small Groups offers the best of Drayton Hall and Middleton Place in a half-day of exploration that includes a private, one-hour Connoisseur Tour at Drayton Hall, lunch and a guided tour of the house museum at Middleton Place, and much more. A perfect gift for the couple who has everything. For reservations for both properties, please contact Debbi Zimmerman at (843) 769-2603. 15
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UPCOMING EVENTS at DRAYTON HALL
Preservation Tech Tour First Saturday of every Month Nov - Feb: 9:30 – 11:30
Preservation Wednesdays Third Wednesday of every month 10:00am - Noon
The 57th Annual Winter Antiques Show Park Avenue Armory, New York City January 21 – 30, 2011
This behind-the scenes exploration of the house provides a new understanding of the house and appreciation for the technical aspects of the site’s design, construction, and preservation efforts. The first Saturday of every month; time may vary according to season. Space is limited and advance reservations are required. Admission is $25 per person, $20 for Friends of Drayton Hall, and includes a light breakfast. To reserve, please contact Amber Clawson at (843) 769-2608 or amber_clawson@draytonhall.org.
This hands-on experience is open to Friends! Every Third Wednesday, Drayton Hall Friends, staff, and members of the Drayton family – including Charles H. Drayton III who heads up the washing table – have used toothbrushes to gently loosen and clean centuries of dirt from thousands of our artifacts. More than 264 hours have been logged since this program started over a year ago. Friends interested in volunteering may contact Drayton Hall Archaeologist Sarah Stroud at (843) 769-2637 or sarah_stroud@draytonhall.org.
Drayton Hall will be part of the most prestigious antiques show in America as it joins the Historic Charleston Foundation, The Gibbes, and other local exhibitors in celebrating Charleston’s extraordinary past. The original 1765 “Mystery” watercolor of Drayton Hall will be on display with other rare 18th-century watercolors and porcelain from our collections. We hope that all of our Friends who live in the New York area will be able to attend and to meet Executive Director George McDaniel and Director of Preservation Carter C. Hudgins. www.winterantiquesshow.com