Clemson Historic Preservation in Charleston

Jayne Flynn, a rising second year student recently visited Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Funded by the Kelly Bulak Award and as an extension of her internship, she spent her trip analyzing the plaster at Eastern State Penitentiary, The Woodlands, and Wagner Free Institute.

The plaster she observed is from the late 19th century, the same as the Great Hall Ceiling at Drayton Hall. Charles Drayton even visited The Woodlands and drew it in his diary!

✨ Internship Spotlight - Emily Anne Harris and Croix Brown ✨

This summer, Emily Anne and Croix are interning with the Preservation Society of Charleston, where they are conducting architectural surveys of two historic West Ashley neighborhoods. They are currently finalizing their report on Byrnes Downs, an intact World War II-era planned development, in which they have defined fourteen unique typologies that repeat throughout the neighborhood to create an organic architectural rhythm. After sharing these results with the public in an interactive ArcGIS StoryMap, Emily Anne and Croix will soon begin surveying Old Windermere, founded in 1926. This documentation will help inform future efforts to advance National Register Historic District nominations of these neighborhoods.

✨ Internship Spotlight - Jayne Flynn ✨

Jayne is spending her summer both as a Wood Family Fellow at Drayton Hall and as a Collections Intern at Hutchinson House on Edisto Island.

As a Wood Fellow, Jayne has helped with paint consolidation on the first and second floors, readhering the historic paint back to the cypress paneling. At Hutchinson House, Jayne is cleaning archeological artifacts for display at the new house museum and helping with the exhibit installation. She even got to use linseed oil paint!

✨Internship Spotlight - Madison Pinion✨

This summer Madison is interning with Richard Marks Restorations working on the “Great Hall Ceiling Project” at Drayton Hall.

This project includes removal of the present plaster ceiling and ornamentation, removal of previous preservation interventions, stabilization of floor joists, and installation of new plaster ceiling with placement of preserved and saved historic ornamentation pieces.

Madison is getting a hands on experience with controlled demolition of each layer of the ceiling to learn power tools and building shoring supports.

Follow along on Drayton Hall to see the progress of the project!

To wrap up the semester, the first-year Preservation Studio held final reviews for the infill design module, focusing on 413 King Street here in Charleston.
Students presented their programs, preservation stances, façades, floor plans, renderings, and context models. We want to thank our guest reviewers for their important feedback.
Cheers to a well-earned summer break!!