John Drinker House
John Drinker House | |
Depression in the ground where the Drinker House once stood | |
| Location | Sam Mason Rd., Bunker Hill, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°19′6″N 78°4′48″W / 39.31833°N 78.08000°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1815 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Berkeley County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004409 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 10, 1980 |
John Drinker House is a historic home located at Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1815 and is a two-story, five-bay, limestone dwelling in the Federal style. It features an arched stone main entrance. The property includes the ruins of a log home that pre-dates the Drinker House, ruins of a stone smokehouse, and the ruins of slave quarters. A dump pile is also located on the property. The house was built by John Drinker (1760–1826), a Quaker portrait artist from Philadelphia. The house is believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Don C. Wood (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John Drinker House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
External links
Media related to John Drinker House at Wikimedia Commons