Chickering Hall, Boston (1901)

Chickering Hall, Huntington Ave., Boston, 1900s

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]

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See also

References

  1. Chickering Hall, no.239 Huntington Ave. Wilson's annual reference book of Greater Boston ..., [Boston?], 1904
  2. Advertisement in Atlantic Monthly, June 1910
  3. Wilson's annual reference book of Greater Boston ..., [Boston?], 1904
  4. 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."
  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

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Coordinates: 42°20′37.27″N 71°5′4.37″W / 42.3436861°N 71.0845472°W / 42.3436861; -71.0845472

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