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Creator Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title Historic Mansions Become Green's Hotel
Date ca. 1922
Description View of a four-story hotel on a cobblestone street a horseback rider goes down the street while a horse-drawn carriage waits in front of the building.
Notes Much is preserved in the architecture of the Green's Hotel which identifies it with the notable residences which once occupied the site. The front walls, some of the original apartments with their heavy chandeliers and a fine colonial stairway still exist. Just where the hotel office is placed was the portal, considerably more than a century ago, of the home of Edward Burd, whose son, Edward Shippen Burd, bought and lived in the large and elaborate residence at Ninth and Chestnut streets. The Burd home was occupied subsequently by Mr. Burd's son-in-law, Daniel W. Coxe, and after his death by several descendants. This house was leased in 1798 to Robert Morris, and it was here, just opposite the unfinished mansion of his hopes called the "Folly," that ruin enveloped him. From here he fled to aviod importunate creditors to the mansion at Lemon Hill. The house at the corner of Eighth street was built by Gen. Philemon Dickinson, of New Jersey. In 1837 it was altered into a four-story structure, which was called the Union Building, and was popular for many years as a meeting place for societies. The quaint old assumbly hall, now a feature of the hotel, remains almost unchanged. The Franklin Library Association, Pennsylvania Literary Institute and Artillery Corps of Philadelphia Grays were among the tenants. The two buildings were adapted to restaurant purposes by Peter A. Dooner in 187-. The two buildings were reconstructed and became Green's Hotel. Mr. Green conducted the house in 1893 when it was taken over by Mr. Newton, who organized the Green's Hotel Company. Mr. Robert J. Diamond, who is still active in its management had been identified with the hotel from 1883.
Taylor Catalog Number: 80
Is part of Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier Taylor - Case 9-2a [2717.F]