For #PalacesAndGardens #UpstairsDownstairs, a contrast. This is the South Carolina plantation house, Drayton Hall. The upstairs living quarters for the family, and downstairs slave quarters (2024). #SouthCarolina #Charleston #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #DraytonHall #EastCoastKin

Also for today's #PalacesAndGardens #people theme, a nod to this staff archaeologist who was working on-site at Drayton Hall, an 18th cent. plantation house near Charleston (2024). #EastCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #SouthCarolina #Charleston #DraytonHall #archaeology

Kitchens and slave quarters at Drayton Hall, near Charleston (2024). This 18th-century plantation house has been stabilized, but specifically not restored. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #EastCoastKin #abandoned #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #SouthCarolina #Charleston #DraytonHall

For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Underneath. The slave quarters in the plantation house at Drayton Hall outside Charleston, South Carolina. Under the grand residence above, slaves slept among the kitchens and cellars. #SouthCarolina #Charleston #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #DraytonHall

Drayton Hall, outside of Charleston, SC, a mid 18th century Low Country Plantation is a remarkable place to visit. Its use of Palladian design and the nature of its preservation efforts make it a unique historical destination in the US.

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