The Block Report

Mixed-use property report

1936 Federal St

3 stories3,888 sqftCMX2built 1925

Property at a glanceApartment building

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$580K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$536K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Graduate Hospital · Point Breeze Approximate · based on ZIP 19146
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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 $536,200. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$500K$1.0M$536K2005200920132017202120252027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / salePermitLicense

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 record3 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. LicenseJames Black: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  2. PermitChange of Use
  3. Deed / saleDeed / sale $14K

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$8,115/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $579,700 × 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 $536,200. 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 871000583
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

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

Mixed-use property

Apartment building, recorded in the City's mixed-use category. The public record and owner trail follow.

What it is
Apartment building Row Conv/Apt 3 Sty Mason
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$138 assessed value ÷ interior sqft
Licensed units
2 active rental license
Interior area
3,888 sqft
Lot size
1,350 sqft
Stories
3
Built
1925
Zoning
CMX2

Block context

1900 block of Federal St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 1938 Federal St  ·  1932-34 Federal St

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 24, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

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

James BlackActive

Rental · Initial issue date Sep 12, 2025 · Filed expiration Sep 11, 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 3 dated rows
  1. License issue eventJames Black: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 0988641 · Active

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

  2. PermitChange of Use

    Permit ZP-2020-004329 · Issued

    Residential - Household Living - Two-Family

  3. Recorded transfer$14K transfer

    2005

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 25, 2026, 12:30 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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