Beethoven Hall (1874–78) was an auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts, that hosted musical performances and other entertainments in the 1870s.Dwight's journal of music, Oct. 17, 1874 It sat on Washington Street, near Boylston Street, in today's Boston Theater District/Chinatown neighborhood.Boston business directory. 1879 The architect was William Washburn,City of Boston: Report of the Inspector of Buildings for the Year 1874 (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1875) 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.Sweeney, Emily. Once a relic of the past, earthy art form sees a revival. Boston Globe, 09 April 2009
Performances
Annie de Montford, mesmeristBoston Daily Globe, Nov. 18, 1874 Charlotte CushmanBoston Daily Globe, Sept. 30, 1874 Mrs. Adelia Dauncey Maskell ("celebrated English Star Reader")Boston Daily Globe, 5 February 1876 Berger Family and Sol Smith RussellBoston Daily Globe, 5 February 1876 Buckley's SerenadersBoston Daily Globe, Sept. 20, 1875 Callender's Georgia MinstrelsBoston Daily Globe, 5 April 1877 Marius Cazeneuve's "grand soirees of prestidigitation and anti-spiritualistic seances"Milbourne Christopher. Magic: A Picture History. USA: Courier Dover Publications, 1991 Buffalo Bill combinationBoston Evening Transcript, January 13, 1877 Tomasi's Grand Juvenile English OperaBoston Daily Globe, January 24, 1877 Brown's Brigade BandBoston Daily Globe, Nov. 17, 1877 Lingards and CompanyBoston Daily Globe, April 19, 1878 G.B. Bunnell's "living human wonders from the New American Museum, New York City"Boston Daily Globe, March 9, 1878
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