by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Sep 26, 2021 | Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Historic Preservation, Professionals
. 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...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jul 22, 2021 | Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Historic Preservation, Professionals
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...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jul 19, 2021 | Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Historic Preservation, Professionals
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...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jun 19, 2021 | African American History, Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Education, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Professionals
First on Facebook – June 19, 2021 Click on the Facebook logo in the upper right corner above to read all the comments and enlarge the photos, or read the transcript below. GWM: What has your work on Drayton Hall taught you? Richard...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jun 16, 2021 | African American History, Blog, Books, Community Engagement, Drayton Hall Stories, Education, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Professionals
First on Facebook – June 16, 2021 Click on the Facebook logo in the upper right corner above to read all the comments and enlarge the photos, or read the transcript below. Part III of III Richard (Moby) Marks, preservation contractor,...