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The Notary Hotel, Philadelphia, Autograph Collection
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Autograph Collection · Accessible Luxury
The Notary Hotel occupies Philadelphia's 1926 City Hall Annex, Philip H. Johnson's 15-story Classical Revival landmark across Juniper Street from City Hall, where residents once queued for marriage licenses and notarized papers. A more than $20 million renovation turned the old Courtyard into an Autograph Collection hotel in 2019, with original marble, coffered ceilings, and Sabroso + Sorbo pouring Spanish small plates in the lobby.
- 499 rooms
- Opened 2019
- Neighborhood: Center City
- Architect: Philip H. Johnson
About The Notary Hotel, Philadelphia, Autograph Collection
- Designed by Philadelphia architect Philip H. Johnson and completed in 1926, the City Hall Annex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Philadelphians came here for marriage licenses and notarized documents before the building became a Courtyard and, in 2019, The Notary.
- Reading Terminal Market is three minutes on foot; the Pennsylvania Convention Center is one block away.
History
The Notary Hotel occupies the 1926 City Hall Annex at 21 North Juniper Street, a 15-story Classical Revival landmark designed by Philadelphia architect Philip H. Johnson and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For decades the annex was a working civic hub: residents came here for marriage licenses, notarized papers, and other municipal errands directly across from City Hall.
The building later operated as Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia Downtown. In 2019, after a renovation of more than $20 million, it reopened as The Notary Hotel, an Autograph Collection house whose name nods to that civic past. Original marble, coffered plaster ceilings, and decorative bronze molding remain in the public rooms; Sabroso + Sorbo serves Spanish small plates in the lobby. Reading Terminal Market is three minutes on foot, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center is one block away.
The setting
Set at 21 North Juniper Street opposite Philadelphia's City Hall and one block from the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the hotel occupies a 1926 Classical Revival building that served as a working civic hub until 1988. Reading Terminal Market, the celebrated 1893 iron-and-glass market hall, is three minutes on foot. The Franklin Institute is reachable in eighteen minutes and Independence Hall in nineteen.
Restaurants and bars
- Sabroso + Sorbo — Restaurant · Spanish
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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