Chickering Hall (Boston, 1901) Explained
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." In 1912 it became the St. James Theatre, and later the Uptown Theatre. The building existed until 1963, when it was demolished.[3]
Performances
See also
External links
- 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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Notes and References
- Chickering Hall, no.239 Huntington Ave.
- Advertisement in Atlantic Monthly, June 1910
- Bostonian Society. Photograph of Uptown Theater, 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."
- "Chickering Hall opening," Boston Globe, January 27, 1901; "Brilliant audience: auspicious opening of new Chickering Hall," Boston Globe, Feb. 9, 1901
- https://archive.org/details/commemorationfo00sonsgoog The commemoration of the founding of the house of Chickering & Sons
- Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1902
- Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 1902
- Boston Globe, March 15, 1903
- Boston Globe, Feb. 6, 1904
- Boston Globe, Nov. 26, 1904
- Boston Evening Transcript, April 14, 1910