House report

1543 S Capitol St

2 bd2 ba2 stories1,008 sqftRSA5built 1920

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$298K OPA value, not a listing price
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Assessment and City record timeline

Published City assessments for this house against its block and ZIP. Dated City filings are marked on the same line. Select one to read it. Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals.

$0$250K$500KZIP 19146 (Graduate Hospital · Point Breeze) median$287K2001200620112016202120262027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19146 (Graduate Hospital · Point Breeze) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationAppealPermitInspectionLicense

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 record17 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $260K
  2. PermitMechanical
  3. PermitMajor alteration
  4. LicenseRANDOLPH MARSHALL(R.M. Enterprise): Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  5. PermitAlteration
  6. L&I violationPERMB- APPL EXT STUCCO
  7. PermitPlumbing
  8. PermitElectrical
  9. PermitMajor alteration
  10. AppealRB_LIRB
  11. InspectionCEASE INSP (likely: cease-operations compliance inspection)
  12. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  13. L&I violationPERM Z- NEW USE
  14. L&I violationCLEARANCE IGNITION SOURCES
  15. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  16. LicenseRANDOLPH MARSHALL(R.M. Enterprise): Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  17. Deed / saleDeed / sale $8K

Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $4K with a lien entry · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Verify the public record

$2,769/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $197,800 × 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 $286,800. 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 363252300
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

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

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $3,981.57 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

1999$30.00 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $0.00 penalty2014$1,220.07 total · $765.24 principal · $149.22 interest · $53.57 penalty2015$1,497.50 total · $1,006.27 principal · $105.66 interest · $70.44 penalty2016$1,234.00 total · $1,051.18 principal · $15.76 interest · $10.51 penalty

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

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
1,008 sqft livable area
Lot
620 sqft
Basement
Full, finished city code A
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
New / rehabbed city code 2
New / rehabbed
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1 OPEN · SUSTAINED · 2018

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Block context

1500 block of S Capitol St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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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.

Landlord and residential filings

These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.

RANDOLPH MARSHALL(R.M. Enterprise)Inactive

Rental · Initial issue date Dec 28, 2016 · Terminal license date Feb 25, 2019

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 17 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$260K transfer

    2020

  2. PermitMechanical

    Permit 958266 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL 1 90% EFF 45,000 BTU UNIT 6 DIFFERS 1 2 1/2 TON CONDENSER WITH 1 2" VENT PIPE

  3. PermitMajor alteration

    Permit 947463 · COMPLETED

    AS PER PROVIDED PLANS TO LEGALIZE EXISTING 3 STAR BOLTS ON THE FRONT FACADE.

  4. License terminal eventRANDOLPH MARSHALL(R.M. Enterprise): Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 724380 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  5. PermitAlteration

    Permit 933827 · COMPLETED

    STUCCO FRONT WALL

  6. ViolationPERMB- APPL EXT STUCCO

    Case 924555 · Violation 4968166 · Code A-301.1/70 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  7. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 930413 · COMPLETED

    ROUGH IN FOR 1 1/2 BATHROOM.THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADEPHIA PLUBMING CODE 2004

  8. PermitElectrical

    Permit 928643 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL 100AMP SERVICE COMPLETE WITH GROUNDING AND REWIRE LIGHTS, OUTLETS, SWITCHES & SMOKE DETECTOR & C/O DETECTORS AS PER NEC 2008 SOUTH DISTRICT

  9. PermitMajor alteration

    Permit 924555 · COMPLETED

    INTERIOR ALTERATIONS THROUGHOUT, TO INCLUDE DRYWALL, FRAMING, SHEETROCK, NEW KITCHEN AND NEW BATHROOM, NEW WINDOWS AND DOORS IN EXISTING OPENING. APPLICANT AGREES TO LIMIT THE CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH EZ PERMIT STANDARD FOR INTERIOR ALTERATIONS, DATED JANUARY 2011. DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD WILL RESULT IN REVOCATION OF THIS PERMIT AND IMPOSITION OF FURTHER PENALTIES. NOTE: CONTRACTOR IS LISTED AS A "SOLE PROPRIETOR" AND HAS NO EMPLOYEES AND/OR WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE - ALL SUBCONTRACTORS REQUIRE SEPARATE LICENSES AND INSURANCE SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL WORK. NO OTHER WORK ALLOWED UNDER THIS PERMIT.

  10. AppealRB_LIRB

    Appeal 32699 · OPEN · SUSTAINED

    Related permit 617569 · I LIVE IN THE HOUSE.

  11. InvestigationCEASE INSP (likely: cease-operations compliance inspection)

    Case 617569 · PASSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; verify whether a cease-operations order existed and its current status. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  12. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 617569 · CLOSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  13. ViolationPERM Z- NEW USE

    Case 617569 · Violation 4552897 · Code A-301.1/65 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  14. ViolationCLEARANCE IGNITION SOURCES

    Case 617569 · Violation 4552898 · Code FC-13-305.1 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  15. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 617569 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  16. License issue eventRANDOLPH MARSHALL(R.M. Enterprise): Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 724380 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  17. Recorded transfer$8K transfer

    2001

Unavailable when this report assembled: certifications. Unavailable does not mean no record.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 24, 2026, 6:47 PM 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: unavailable. “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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