1982 National Register of Historic Places Inventory for Colonial Germantown Historic District:
"Green Tree Tavern, Daniel Pastorius House, 1748; moved and altered 1930, two and one-half stories, stone with wood trim, Colonial style. --- Significant."

Background:
Constructed in 1748 by Daniel Francis Pastorius adjacent to the homestead of his grandfather Francis Daniel Pastorius, the founder of Germantown; moved to 6023 and altered, 1930, to make room for additions to the First Methodist Church. The Battle of Germantown included this site; Washington is said to have dined here.

A.k.a. Green Tree Tavern, Hornet Nest. Ownership has passed from Livezey to Heath, 1775 (Mackenett rented); to Mackenett, 1797; to Charles Mackenett Pastorius, 1820; to John D. Wells, 1854; to John Longstreth to Humphrey Atherton, 1854; to John D. Wells [Bells?]; in 1850 to George W. Carpenter; to John S. Haines, 1871; to First Methodist Church, 1912; to Alexis DuPont Smith, 1930.

Additional Sources:

• GHS: Box 11, envelope 5: "Green Tree Tavern built 1748" (photograph of original wash and ink drawing in John Richards' sketchbook, p. 21).

• GHS: Jellett, Edwin C. "Germantown Historical Miscellany," pp. 290 (altered house) and 291 (images) and news photo of the moving of the building 35 feet north (Philadelphia Ledger, October 22, 1930).

• GHS: Johnson, George Clarence, compiler. Pictorial Germantown Road & the Vicinity & Some of its Inhabitants, vol. 1, p. 102: the altered Green Tree Tavern (photograph).

• GHS: Keyser, Naaman. Notes for v. 2 (north of Chelten), History of Old Germantown, p. 42: 6019 (unpublished typewritten text).

• GHS: Photo Box 1 f. 1: (photograph).

• GHS: Photo Scrapbook 6 "Germantowne 100 Years Ago" (1955), compiled and presented by Blanche Day: no. 57 (photograph of Green Tree Tavern, formerly at 6019 Germantown Avenue).

• GHS: Shoemaker #14 includes a view of 6019 Germantown Avenue showing Warmer house to the north (photograph) and view of Green Tree Tavern (John Richards zinc lithograph--as in Shoemaker folio 14 at the HSP, with description on back).

• HSP: Campbell Collection, vol. 33, pp. 188-191: Green Tree Inn, 6019 Germantown Av. (photographs, woodcut and newsclipping).

• HSP: Perkins Collection, vol. 61D, pp.59, 61-64: Pastorius House, Green Tree Tavern (photographs, woodcuts, and manuscript text).

• HSP: Richards, John. Old Landmarks in Germantown and Vicinity, 29b: "The Old Green Tree Tavern" (wash and ink drawing).

• HSP: Shoemaker Collection, folios 14 and 17: Pastorius House or Green Tree Tavern (above John Richards' zinc lithograph, as well as a woodcut, photographs, and manuscript text).

• LCP: John G. Bullock Collection, number 57: "6019 Main St. Old Green Tree Tavern, once kept by Daniel and Sarah Pastorius until his death in 1754" (lantern slide dated April 6, 1913).

• PHC: Philadelphia Contributionship Insurance Policy 17231A for the Green Tree Tavern at 6019 Germantown Avenue (copies of surveys dated 1913 and 1932 for the Trustees of the First Methodist Church).

• PHC: Mutual Insurance Policies 5082 and 4615 (copies of 1797 and 1825 surveys of house and outbuildings at "6021" Germantown Avenue).

• PHC: National Register of Historic Places for Green Tree Tavern (text).