Beethoven Hall (Boston) Explained

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. The building survived until 1990, when it was razed.^[4]

Performances

• Annie de Montford, mesmerist^[5]
• Charlotte Cushman^[6]
• Mrs. Adelia Dauncey Maskell ("celebrated English Star Reader")^[7]
• Berger Family and Sol Smith Russell^[8]
• Buckley's Serenaders^[9]
• Callender's Georgia Minstrels^[10]
• Marius Cazeneuve's "grand soirees of prestidigitation and anti-spiritualistic seances"^[11]
• Buffalo Bill combination^[12]
• Tomasi's Grand Juvenile English Opera^[13]
• Brown's Brigade Band^[14]
• Lingards and Company^[15]
• G.B. Bunnell's "living human wonders from the New American Museum, New York City"^[16]

References

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Notes and 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. Sweeney, Emily. Once a relic of the past, earthy art form sees a revival. Boston Globe, 09 April 2009
5. Boston Daily Globe, Nov. 18, 1874
6. Boston Daily Globe, Sept. 30, 1874
7. Boston Daily Globe, 5 February, 1876
8. Boston Daily Globe, 5 February, 1876
9. Boston Daily Globe, Sept. 20, 1875
10. Boston Daily Globe, 5 April, 1877
11. Milbourne Christopher. Magic: A Picture History. USA: Courier Dover Publications, 1991
12. Boston Evening Transcript, January 13, 1877
13. Boston Daily Globe, January 24, 1877
14. Boston Daily Globe, Nov. 17, 1877
15. Boston Daily Globe, April 19, 1878
16. Boston Daily Globe, March 9, 1878