John Drinker House

John Drinker House
Location: Sam Mason Rd., Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Area: 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built: 1815
Architectural style: Federal
Governing body: Private
MPS: Berkeley County MRA
NRHP Reference#:

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

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Don C. Wood (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John Drinker House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/80004409.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-02.