Drinker's Court

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

United States historic place


Drinker's Court
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Drinker's Court in 1972
39°56′36″N 75°8′49″W / 39.94333°N 75.14694°W / 39.94333; -75.14694
Area	less than one acre
Built	1765
Architect	John Drinker
Architectural style	Bandbox Court Houses
NRHP reference No.	71000723^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 27, 1971

The Drinker's Court, also known as Bandbox Court Houses, is located in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The houses were built in 1764 by John Drinker (1716–1787), father of noted American portrait artist John Drinker (1760–1826).^[2]

They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 27, 1971.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ EARLY SOUTHERN DECORATIVE ARTS, November 1981, Volume VII, Number 2, The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts: "John Drinker, Portrait Painter and Limner," by E. Bryding Adams at the Internet Archive

External links

Media related to Drinker's Court at Wikimedia Commons

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1326, "Drinker's Court"

Society Hill

Northwest
Quadrant

Parks	Washington Square Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Rose Garden The Magnolia Garden
Congregations	Holy Trinity Church
Other landmarks	The St. James Athenaeum of Philadelphia The Lippincott Dilworth House Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial Philadelphia Contributionship Shippen-Wistar House

Northeast
Quadrant

Parks	Korean War Memorial
Congregations	Old St. Joseph's Church Old St. Mary's Church St. Paul's Church
Other landmarks	Society Hill Towers Powel House Dolley Todd House Dock Creek Bathsheba's spring and bower Benjamin Loxley house Dock Street Market Polish American Cultural Center The Willings Bell's Court Davis-Lenox House John Penn's House

Southwest
Quadrant

Parks	Starr Garden Park
Congregations	Society Hill Synagogue Congregation Kesher Israel B'nai Abraham Synagogue Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church Vilna Congregation Old Pine Street Church Presbyterian Historical Society
Other landmarks	McCall School Thomas Sully Residence

Southeast
Quadrant

Parks	Delancey Park
Congregations	St. Peter's Church
Other landmarks	Head House Square New Market and Head House St. Peter's School Drinker's Court Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial Cassey House Hill–Physick–Keith House

Quadrants are divided along Fourth and Spruce streets. This list is incomplete.

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