Photo by David Peterson13USA, Des Moines, Ia.  Photo by David Peterson.  Photo by David Peterson - Drayton Hall Plantation, near Charleston, South Carolina,.  Photo by David Peterson - Drayton Hall Plantation, near Charleston, South Carolina, - Drayton Hall Plantation, near Charleston, South Carolina,  is an 18th century plantation located on the Ashley River in "Lowcountry".  It's an outstanding 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.  The house was begun in 1738 and completed in 1742.  .  Photo by David Peterson