Property report

1217 E Montgomery Ave

3,048 sqftSPPOAbuilt 1895

Property at a glanceLibrary

City Of Phila Library

2026 assessment
$73K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$73K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Fishtown · East Kensington Approximate · based on ZIP 19125
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Assessment and City record timeline

The line tracks this property’s published City assessment. Markers show deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals on their recorded dates. Select one to read the filing.

Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals. OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $73,200. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$50K$100K$73K2016201820202022202420262027
Property assessmentAssessmentPermitCertification

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record8 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  2. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  3. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  4. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  5. CertificationFire Alarm Certification
  6. PermitNew Construction
  7. PermitAlteration
  8. PermitPlumbing

Verify the public record

$0/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $0 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance. The City maintains payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due.

OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $73,200. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Current City balanceCheck Tax Center

Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.

OPA 781286200
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.
Exemption classificationFull assessment exemption shown

2026 OPA shows a zero or de minimis taxable assessment. The open assessment split does not establish the exemption's legal basis, continuing eligibility, or treatment after a transfer.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

Property report

Not a house

Library. OPA shows a full or near-full assessment exemption whose basis must be verified. A $0 assessment-based estimate does not prove the live Tax Center account has no prior-period balance or other charges.

What it is
Library Misc Library Masonry
Owner
City Of Phila Library Public / institutional
$ / sq ft
$24 below the $151 median for 7,668 commercial parcels citywide
Interior area
3,048 sqft
Lot size
1,530 sqft
Built
1895
Zoning
SPPOA

Recorded owner

Who's behind it

City Of Phila Library · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 1600 Arch St, Philadelphia PA, 19103

Block context

1200 block of E Montgomery Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 1219-25 E Montgomery Ave  ·  1202-32 E Montgomery Ave

Business licenses at this address Latest pull

What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.

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No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 23, 2026.

A license is an L&I registration, not proof that a business is open, operating today, or located at this storefront. Dates are license dates. Events are deduped by parcel, business identity, and license type, so a renewal is not shown as another opening. Other permit and filing types remain in the full source ledger.

Open every source row 8 dated rows
  1. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2026-020777 · Certified

    Expires 2027-06-29

  2. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2025-018267 · Certified

    Expires 2026-06-30

  3. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2024-019065 · Certified

    Expires 2025-06-26

  4. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2023-014975 · Certified

    Expires 2024-06-26

  5. CertificationFire Alarm Certification

    Certification BC-2022-018882 · Certified

    Expires 2023-12-01

  6. PermitNew Construction

    Permit 1029204 · Completed

    FIRE ALARM- LIBRARY BUILDING/ ELEVATOR RENOVATION PROJECT INSTALLATION OF NEW FIRE ALARM DEVICES FOR ELEVATOR SERVICE PER NFPA 72 (EAST DIST)

  7. PermitAlteration

    Permit 1005010 · COMPLETED

    EZ PERMIT RE-ROOFING- FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NEW ROOF COVERINGS ON EXITING ROOFS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THESE STANDARDS REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION AND SITE PLANS.

  8. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 991019 · COMPLETED

    CURB TRAP, MAIN DRAIN, FRESH AIR INLET. INSTALLATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2004 PPC

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 24, 2026, 10:25 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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