diff --git a/pandas_usaddress/__init__.py b/pandas_usaddress/__init__.py
index 14bd25c..01bf42a 100644
--- a/pandas_usaddress/__init__.py
+++ b/pandas_usaddress/__init__.py
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ def usaddress_field_creation(x,i):
     except:
         None
 
+def usaddress_address_type(x):
+    try:
+        return x[1]
+    except:
+        None
+        
 def trim(x):
     x = str(x)
     x = x.split()
@@ -99,8 +105,9 @@ def tag(dfa, address_columns, granularity='full', standardize=False):
     
     for i in usaddress_fields:
         df[i] = df['odictaddress'].apply(lambda x: usaddress_field_creation(x,i))
-        
     
+    df['address_type'] = df['odictaddress'].apply(usaddress_address_type)
+       
         
     df = df.drop(columns='odictaddress')              
         
@@ -269,4 +276,4 @@ def tag(dfa, address_columns, granularity='full', standardize=False):
     df = df.replace({'None': np.nan, 'none': np.nan, 'nan': np.nan, 'NaN': np.nan, None: np.nan, '': np.nan}).copy()
 
         
-    return df
\ No newline at end of file
+    return df