Beethoven Hall (Boston)

Beethoven Hall (1874–78) was an auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts, that hosted musical performances and other entertainments in the 1870s.[1] It sat on Washington Street, near Boylston Street, in today's Boston Theater District/Chinatown neighborhood.[2] The architect was William Washburn,[3] who had also designed the first National Theatre and the second Tremont Temple.

In 1879 the renovated hall re-opened as the Park Theatre.[4] The building survived until 1990, when it was razed.[5]

Performances

Advertisement for wrestling match "between Arnaud and Prof. Regnier," Beethoven Hall, Boston, 1876

References

  1. Dwight's journal of music, Oct. 17, 1874
  2. Boston business directory. 1879
  3. City of Boston: Report of the Inspector of Buildings for the Year 1874 (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1875)
  4. Moses King (1881), Kings Handbook of Boston, M. King, OCLC 778544, OL 23442502M
  5. Sweeney, Emily. Once a relic of the past, earthy art form sees a revival. Boston Globe, 09 April 2009
  6. Boston Daily Globe, Nov. 18, 1874
  7. Boston Daily Globe, Sept. 30, 1874
  8. Boston Daily Globe, 5 February, 1876
  9. Boston Daily Globe, 5 February, 1876
  10. Boston Daily Globe, Sept. 20, 1875
  11. Edward Le Roy Rice (1911), Monarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date, New York city, N.Y: Kenny publishing company, OL 6527294M
  12. Boston Daily Globe, 5 April, 1877
  13. Milbourne Christopher. Magic: A Picture History. USA: Courier Dover Publications, 1991
  14. Boston Evening Transcript, January 13, 1877
  15. Boston Daily Globe, January 24, 1877
  16. Boston Daily Globe, Nov. 17, 1877
  17. Boston Daily Globe, April 19, 1878
  18. Boston Daily Globe, March 9, 1878

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