Seeing the Familiar Afresh
Above: Looking closely and getting it right. Richard (“Moby”) Marks, contractor; Edward Chappell, architectural historian, taking notes; and Craig Bennett, preservation engineer. Seeing the Familiar Afresh: That’s fun, isn’t it? Sparks your mind....
We Walk on Them, But Do We Look at Them?
. What do you see? Floorboards? Maybe old ones at that? And what’s that rectangular piece joining two of them, you may ask? They are long floorboards, installed at Drayton Hall c. 1750. For my forthcoming book, “Drayton Hall Stories,” I ask...
“A Cold Bathroom! – Advanced for Its Day”
Matthew Webster was director of the preservation department of Drayton Hall and now serves as Executive Director, Grainger Department of Architectural Preservation and Research at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. At Drayton Hall, he discovered architectural...
“The Highest Form of Construction in that Era”
Richard “Moby” Marks, preservation contractor (shown above). For decades, he has worked on the preservation and repair of Drayton Hall. Imagining the house as a “time machine,” he explains why Drayton Hall was, and is still, unique and enables us...
Drayton Hall’s Masonry? Let’s Ask An Expert.
Craig M. Bennett Jr., PE, (shown above), is the president of Bennett Preservation Engineering, PC, in Charleston. A native Charlestonian, he is a structural engineer, specializing in historic preservation. GWM: How would you characterize Drayton Hall’s...About Us
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