Portland Stone

Portland stone fragment circa 1738-42.

Identification and Creation

Primary ID	ST.DRHA.1742.FRAG.01
Other IDs:	ST.048 ; ST.110; ST.DRHA.1A-C
Collection:	Historic Building Materials Collection
Storage:	HB0012 (See contents and map)
Creation Date:	Phanerozoic Cenozoic Quaternary Holocene 18th century 1740s 1742

Physical Description

Materials:	Historic Materials Stone
Dimensions:	1.5" X 2" X 0.25

Provenance

Building or Site:	Drayton Hall 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. An example of Palladian architecture in North America and the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil wars, it is a National Historic Landmark.
Sub-location:	Columns in Basement

Building or Site:

Drayton Hall
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. An example of Palladian architecture in North America and the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil wars, it is a National Historic Landmark.

Sub-location:

Columns in Basement

Acquisiton and Rights

Credit Line (Donor):	Architectural Conservation Lab, University of Pennsylvania
Accession year:	January 1, 1970
Catalogued by:	José C. Hernández