Chickering Hall (Boston, 1901)

Chickering Hall (1901–1912) was an auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts, located on Huntington Avenue in the Back Bay.[1] It stood adjacent to Horticultural Hall. Tenants included the Emerson College of Oratory[2] and D.M. Shooshan's "Ladies' and Gents' Cafe."[3] In 1912 it became the St. James Theatre, and later the Uptown Theatre. The building existed until 1963, when it was demolished.[4]

Chickering Hall, Huntington Ave., Boston, 1900s

Performances

Images
  • Chickering Hall postcard
    Chickering Hall postcard
  • Floorplan
    Floorplan
  • Inside Chickering Hall c. 1903
    Inside Chickering Hall c. 1903
  • 1908 map of Boston including Chickering Hall
    1908 map of Boston including Chickering Hall
  • Ad in the Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1902
    Ad in the Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1902
  • Advertisement, 1904
    Advertisement, 1904

See also

References
  1. Chickering Hall, no.239 Huntington Ave. Wilson's annual reference book of Greater Boston ..., [Boston?], 1904, OL 14048417M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Advertisement in Atlantic Monthly, June 1910
  3. Wilson's annual reference book of Greater Boston ..., [Boston?], 1904, OL 14048417M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. Bostonian Society. Photograph of Uptown Theater Archived September 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, 239 Huntington Street. View of the Prudential Center Tower, ca. 1962-1963. "Demolition (replaced by Christian Science Center). Originally the Chickering Hall (built 1900-1901), later Saint James Theater."
  5. "Chickering Hall opening," Boston Globe, January 27, 1901; "Brilliant audience: auspicious opening of new Chickering Hall," Boston Globe, Feb. 9, 1901
  6. The commemoration of the founding of the house of Chickering & Sons upon the eightieth anniversary of the event, 1823-1903. Boston: Chickering & Sons, 1904
  7. Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1902
  8. Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1902
  9. Boston Globe, March 15, 1903
  10. Boston Globe, Feb. 6, 1904
  11. Boston Globe, Nov. 26, 1904
  12. Boston Evening Transcript, April 14, 1910
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chickering Hall, Boston (1901).
  • Historic New England owns materials related to Chickering Hall
  • Boston Public Library. Photo of Chickering Hall, Huntington Ave., 1911
  • Bostonian Society.
    • Photograph of street-level view south of Symphony Hall, located at 240 Huntington Avenue, and Horticultural and Chickering Halls, located at 239 Huntington Avenue. Trolley bus tracks run in front of buildings.
  • CinemaTreasures.org. Uptown Theatre, 239 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 (successor to the St. James)

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