The Best Portico: Rehabilitating an Architectural Icon.

Event Details

Thursday, February 18 - Patricia Lowe Smith, Curator of Historic Architectural Resources, Drayton Hall presents The Best Portico: Rehabilitating an Architectural Icon.

Five years ago, Drayton Hall launched the portico rehabilitation project: an effort to remedy serious threats to the portico's preservation and to visitor safety. After years of careful study and planning, the final construction phase is drawing to a close. Join Drayton Hall's Curator of Historic Architectural Resources, Trish Smith, as we take a look back at what makes Drayton Hall's portico so special and how an international team of professionals came together to bring this momentous project to completion.

Doors open at 5:30 pm with a Wine and Cheese Reception. Presentations start promptly at 6:30 pm. Free Admission.

Event Sponsor: The Francis Marion Hotel.

For more information, contact Tara White Odom, Development Events Coordinator, 843-769-2627 or [email protected]