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 12 years prior to moving to New York City, Helena, Montana, and Los Angeles.^[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 holds a dry plate negative of the hotel.^[14] Detroit Publishing Company produced images of the hotel and its dining room.^[13]