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5557 Spruce St

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4 bd1 ba2 stories1,534 sqftRSA5built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$181K 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$125K$250KZIP 19139 (Walnut Hill · Haddington) median$174K2003200720112015201920232027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19139 (Walnut Hill · Haddington) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationInspectionLicense

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Every dated record16 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. LicenseLAURA WILLIAMSON: Child Care Facility business license marked inactive
  2. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  3. L&I violationPERMZ- OR REMOVE ADVERTISING
  4. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  5. InspectionHC FAMILY
  6. L&I violationCO DETECTOR NEEDED (Carbon-monoxide detector required)
  7. L&I violationFDC-FIRE EXTING REQ¿D
  8. L&I violationFIRE EXTING-NEEDS INSP/TAG (Fire extinguisher needs inspection and a current service tag)
  9. InspectionHC FAMILY
  10. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  11. L&I violationFDC-FIRE EXTING REQ¿D
  12. L&I violationFDC-BEGAN LICENSE PROCESS
  13. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  14. LicenseLAURA WILLIAMSON: Child Care Facility business license initially issued
  15. InspectionHC FAMILY
  16. Deed / saleDeed / sale $42K

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$1,132/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $80,900 × 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 $174,000. 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 604064300
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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.”

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,534 sqft livable area
Lot
1,196 sqft
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
C+ assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code

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

Block context

5500 block of Spruce St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5555 Spruce St  ·  5559 Spruce 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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LAURA WILLIAMSONInactive

Child Care Facility · Initial issue date Aug 30, 2006 · Terminal license date Apr 29, 2017

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 16 dated rows
  1. License terminal eventLAURA WILLIAMSON: Child Care Facility business license marked inactive

    License 382970 · Inactive

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

  2. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 338013 · PASSED

    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 passed.

  3. ViolationPERMZ- OR REMOVE ADVERTISING

    Case 338013 · Violation 2500186 · Code A-301.1/66 · COMPLIED

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

  4. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 338013 · 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.

  5. InvestigationHC FAMILY

    Case 266306 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  6. ViolationCO DETECTOR NEEDED (Carbon-monoxide detector required)

    Case 266306 · Violation 1979237 · Code FC-908.7/1 · COMPLIED

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

  7. ViolationFDC-FIRE EXTING REQ¿D

    Case 266306 · Violation 1979236 · Code FC-410.4/1 · COMPLIED

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

  8. ViolationFIRE EXTING-NEEDS INSP/TAG (Fire extinguisher needs inspection and a current service tag)

    Case 266306 · Violation 1979235 · Code FC-906.2/2 · COMPLIED

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

  9. InvestigationHC FAMILY

    Case 266306 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  10. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 156779 · PASSED

    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 passed.

  11. ViolationFDC-FIRE EXTING REQ¿D

    Case 156779 · Violation 921866 · Code FC-410.4/1 · COMPLIED

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

  12. ViolationFDC-BEGAN LICENSE PROCESS

    Case 156779 · Violation 921861 · Code FC-410.2/2 · COMPLIED

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

  13. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 156779 · 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.

  14. License issue eventLAURA WILLIAMSON: Child Care Facility business license initially issued

    License 382970 · Inactive

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

  15. InvestigationHC FAMILY

    Case 77436 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  16. Recorded transfer$42K transfer

    2003

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 30, 2026, 2:04 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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