Sam Mason Rd., Bunker Hill, West Virginia. County/parish: Berkeley.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 10, 1980. NRIS 80004409.
Part of Berkeley County MRA (NRIS 64000958).
2 contributing buildings. 6 contributing sites.
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86534226