{"nrhp_refnum":"80003612","name":"Green Tree Tavern","other_names":["Marlborough Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"260--262 E. Girard Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.96950065800007,"lon":-75.13193908899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick building on a stone ashlar foundation at the corner of Girard Avenue and Marlborough Street in Philadelphia's Kensington section, built as a tavern and hotel and later known as the Marlborough Inn. It has a low hipped front roof, rear shed roofs and a central octagonal belvedere.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is one of the oldest hotels in Philadelphia, and that it reflects the decline of Frankford Road inns and the rise of corner taverns on cross streets. Its association with the nearby Franklin Avenue Market and with the builder Joseph Singerly, a local builder who also advertised as an architect, is also cited. The building is presented as an example of 1840s commercial architecture in a working-class neighborhood.","narrative":"Built between 1838 and 1850 at the corner of Girard Avenue and Marlborough Street, this four-story brick tavern with a stone ashlar foundation and an octagonal belvedere stood near the Franklin Avenue Market in Kensington. Joseph Singerly, a local builder who also advertised as an architect, probably designed and built it, and he acquired it in 1850 along with adjoining store-dwellings. The building was known first as the Green Tree Tavern and later as Farmers Hotel, serving market visitors and travelers on Girard Avenue. Its notable features include a cornice of fluted consoles, a classical stone doorway with Tuscan pilasters on the east facade, and six-over-six upper sash windows. It is regarded as one of the oldest hotels in the city. After the market was discontinued in the early twentieth century, it became a corner saloon, and ground-floor alterations were made in 1913, 1941 and 1962.","period_of_significance":"Between 1838 and 1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a saloon on the ground floor with rented rooms above; the ground-floor alterations of 1962 are described.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.254072-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003612.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003612/98c85bd3c6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003612/98c85bd3c6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Eli Pousson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Tree_Tavern.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eli Pousson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Tree_Tavern.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997106","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Tree_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5603342"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/green-tree-tavern-80003612/"}