Drinker's Court

{{short description|Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Drinker's Court

| nrhp_type =

| image = DrinkersCourt.jpeg

| caption = Drinker's Court in 1972

| location = 236-238 Delancey Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|39|56|36|N|75|8|49|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#USA

| built = 1765

| architect = John Drinker

| architecture = Bandbox Court Houses

| added = May 27, 1971

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 71000723{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

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).{{Internet Archive|id=journalofearlyso721981muse|name=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}}

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

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