Chickering Hall (est.1883) was a concert auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 19th century. It occupied the second floor of Chickering and Sons showrooms on Tremont Street, near the corner of West Street.Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England. NY: American publishing and engraving co., 1889Bacon's Dictionary of Boston. 1886 "Bradlee, Winslow and Wetherell were the architects, and Mr. E.P. Treadwell, the decorator. The hall [was] lighted by the Edison electric light.""The new Chickering: a pretty hall in which exercises were rendered yesterday. Boston Daily Globe, Nov. 8, 1883Ezra Prentice Treadwell (1848–1903), designer in Boston and NY. Obituary in: Building Trades Association Bulletin, v.4, no.5, May 1903 By 1895: "Tremont St., towards Boylston, for some years has been called Piano Row, for a long row of piano agencies occupied a good portion of the block; but of late most of these have migrated to Boylston St. Chickering Hall, at 152 Tremont St., was for many years a favorite place for fashionable musicales, and the headquarters of the musical profession."King's how to see Boston: a trustworthy guide book; Macullar, Parker & Co. souvenir edition. USA: Moses King, 1895
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1880s Matthew ArnoldJames Dow McCallum. "The Apostle of Culture Meets America." New England Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul., 1929), pp. 357-381 George Washington CableBoston Globe, Nov. 23, 1883 Hubert von HerkomerLee M. Edwards. "Hubert Herkomer in America." American Art Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3 (1989), pp. 48-73 Kneisel QuartetBoston Globe, Dec. 1, 1889
1890s Prof. Carpenter, hypnotistBoston Globe, Oct. 19, 1890 Vladimir de PachmannBoston Globe, Jan. 25, 1891 James A. Herne's "Margaret Fleming"Barnard Hewitt. "'Margaret Fleming' in Chickering Hall: The First Little Theatre in America?." Theatre Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2, Insurgency in American Theatre (May, 1982), pp. 165- 171 Thomas Nelson PageBoston Globe, Jan. 7, 1892 F. Hopkinson SmithBoston Globe, Jan. 7, 1892 Edward Alexander MacDowellColumbia University Library treasures : Sonata Tragica, G minor (Opus 45) George Grossmith, comedianBoston Globe, Feb. 3, 1893; Feb. 2, 1894
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See also Chickering and Sons Chickering Hall, Boston (1901), Huntington Avenue
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