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

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

References

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  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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