Green's Hotel

An illustration of the hotel
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Green's Hotel was a historic hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The hotel was organized in 1883 by incorporating several notable Philadelphia buildings at 731 Chestnut Street at Eighth Street - Thomas H. Green's restaurant (opened in 1866), the Edward Shippen house, Philemon Dickenson house, and the Union Building.[1][2]

A notable feature of the hotel was its bar which had a ceiling with an Arctic effect, complete with snowy vistas and icicles.[3] The bar was replaced with a soda fountain in 1922.[4]

Thomas H. Green was the proprietor.[5] Chester Hughes Kirk (born June 11, 1869) was the architect.[6] He was born in Philadelphia and worked as an architect for 12 years prior to moving to New York City, Helena, Montana, and Los Angeles.[7]

The site where the hotel was located served as a headquarters for George Washington. President Ulysses S. Grant stayed at the hotel.[8] The hotel retained and restored the original room where Benedict Arnold was married to Peggy Shippen.[9][10]

The state assemblyman William A. Upshur worked at the hotel.[11]

Frank Hamilton Taylor made an albumen print photograph of the building.[12] The hotel, which grew to become a 320 room hotel, was demolished in 1934 and replaced by a parking lot.[13]

The Library of Congress holds a dry plate negative of the hotel.[14] Detroit Publishing Company produced images of the hotel and its dining room.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Pix, Historical. "Green's Hotel on Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1910". Historical Pix.
  2. ↑ "Green's Hotel". www.philadelphiabuildings.org.
  3. ↑ "Philadelphia History: Drinking places". www.ushistory.org.
  4. ↑ "The Soda Fountain". D. O. Haynes. June 12, 1922 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Ladies' and Gentlemens' Restaurant, Green's Hotel, Chestnut and 8th Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic]. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections". digital.librarycompany.org.
  6. ↑ "Green's Hotel -- project/Building chronology".
  7. ↑ "Kirk, Chester Hughes (b. 1869) -- Philadelphia Architects and Buildings". www.philadelphiabuildings.org.
  8. ↑ "May Raze Old Green's Hotel". The New York Times. 25 August 1934. p. 11.
  9. ↑ "Restaurants". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
  10. ↑ Spector, Gus (2007). Center City Philadelphia. Arcadia Pub. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7385-5508-9.
  11. ↑ "Historic Mansions Become Green's Hotel | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections". digital.librarycompany.org.
  12. 1 2 "Digital Collections: Green's Hotel". Free Library of Philadelphia.
  13. ↑ "727-35 Chestnut street classification in the Chestnut street East historic district" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-06-13.
  14. ↑ "Philadelphia, Pa., Green's Hotel". The Library of Congress. January 1, 1900 – via Library of Congress Digital Collections.
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