Green's Hotel
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] The hotel, which grew to become a 320 room hotel, was demolished in 1934 and replaced by a parking lot.[5]
Thomas H. Green was the proprietor.[6] Chester Hughes Kirk (born June 11, 1869) was the architect.[7] He was born in Philadelphia and worked as an architect for twelve years before moving to New York City; Helena, Montana; and Los Angeles, California.[8]
The site where the hotel was located served as a headquarters for George Washington. President Ulysses S. Grant stayed at the hotel.[9] The hotel retained and restored the original room where Benedict Arnold was married to Peggy Shippen.[10][11]
The state assemblyman William A. Upshur worked at the hotel.[12]
Frank Hamilton Taylor made an albumen print photograph of the building.[13]
The Library of Congress has a dry plate negative of the hotel.[14] Detroit Publishing Co. produced images of the hotel and its dining room.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Pix, Historical. "Green's Hotel on Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1910". Historical Pix.
- ^ "Green's Hotel". www.philadelphiabuildings.org.
- ^ "Philadelphia History: Drinking places". www.ushistory.org.
- ^ "The Soda Fountain". D. O. Haynes. June 12, 1922 – via Google Books.
- ^ https://www.phila.gov/media/20220207071743/727-35-Chestnut-St-revised.pdf
- ^ "Ladies' and Gentlemens' Restaurant, Green's Hotel, Chestnut and 8th Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic]. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections". digital.librarycompany.org.
- ^ "Green's Hotel -- project/Building chronology".
- ^ "Kirk, Chester Hughes (b. 1869) -- Philadelphia Architects and Buildings". www.philadelphiabuildings.org.
- ^ "May Raze Old Green's Hotel". The New York Times. 25 August 1934. p. 11.
- ^ "Restaurants". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
- ^ Spector, Gus (2007). Center City Philadelphia. Arcadia Pub. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7385-5508-9.
- ^ "Historic Mansions Become Green's Hotel | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections". digital.librarycompany.org.
- ^ a b "Digital Collections: Green's Hotel". Free Library of Philadelphia.
- ^ "Philadelphia, Pa., Green's Hotel". January 1, 1900 – via Library of Congress Digital Collections.