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 [ edit ]

• Annie de Montford, mesmerist ^[6]
• Charlotte Cushman ^[7]
• Mrs. Adelia Dauncey Maskell ("celebrated English Star Reader") ^[8]
• Berger Family and Sol Smith Russell ^[9]
• Buckley's Serenaders ^{[10] [11]}
• Callender 's Georgia Minstrels ^[12]
• Marius Cazeneuve's "grand soirees of prestidigitation and anti-spiritualistic seances" ^[13]
• Buffalo Bill combination ^[14]
• Tomasi's Grand Juvenile English Opera ^[15]
• Brown's Brigade Band ^[16]
• Lingards and Company ^[17]
• G.B. Bunnell's "living human wonders from the New American Museum, New York City" ^[18]

References [ edit ]

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