House report

255 Queen St

3 bd2 ba3 stories1,032 sqftRM1built 1992

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$413K 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$500K$1.0MZIP 19147 (Queen Village · East Passyunk) median$487K2004200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19147 (Queen Village · East Passyunk) medianAssessmentDeed / salePermit

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Every dated record6 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $483K
  3. PermitPlumbing
  4. PermitMajor alteration
  5. PermitElectrical
  6. Deed / saleDeed / sale $275K

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$4,379/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $312,800 × 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 $487,400. 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 022063300
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

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

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.”

Where the record looks off

Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.

Homestead exemption, mail goes elsewhere

The parcel claims the homestead exemption (owner lives here) while the tax bill mails to 2539 Aquetong Road, New Hope Pa, 18938. Those two facts sit in tension on the record — there can be innocent reasons, but one of them is usually out of date.

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
3
Interior
1,032 sqft livable area
Lot
577 sqft
Basement
Full city code D
Heat
Hot water / radiators city code B
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Above average city code 3
Quality grade
C+ assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1 city zoning code

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

Block context

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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.

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 6 dated rows
  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2025-000082 · Issued

    replace existing trims in 5” cans with new 6” led retrofit trims x5 replace old Gu10 trims and housings with new led canless fixtures in each location. x7 Installation of whole house Square D Complete Home Surge Protective (CHSP) device x1 Install 200amp 30ckt Main Service Package x1 Ariadne dimmers for new led recessed in living room area & kitchen x4 FISH ONLY per 2017 NEC

  2. Recorded transfer$483K transfer

    2021

  3. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 522505 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE HOUSE DRAIN,TRAP AND FRESH AIR INLET ALSO REPLACE LATERAL PA20140631038 (SFD)

  4. PermitMajor alteration

    Permit 52548 · COMPLETED

    HISTORICAL REGISTERED PROPERTY. INTERIOR RENOVATIONS TO KITCHEN AND BATH, ADDITIONAL BATH ADDED, EXTERIOR ALTERATION TO EXISTING WINDOWS PER HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS APPROVAL.

  5. PermitElectrical

    Permit 58517 · COMPLETED

    DEMO EXISTING WIRES AS NEEDED, ROUGH AND FINISH WIRE AS PER CUSTOMER. INSTALL NEW RECEPTACLES, GFCI RECEPTACLES, AND RECESSED LIGHT FIXTURES. (SOUTH DISTRICT).

  6. Recorded transfer$275K transfer

    2004

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 1:53 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: 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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