Amory Hall (Boston)
Amory Hall (c. 1836-c. 1872) was located on the corner of Washington Street and West Street in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th-century. Myriad activities took place in the rental hall, including sermons; lectures by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Lloyd Garrison; political meetings; exhibitions by Rembrandt Peale, George Catlin, John Banvard; moving panoramas; magic shows; concerts; and curiosities such as the "Nova Scotia Giant Boy."
Through the years, tenants included: First Free Congregational Church (c. 1836);Grace Church (1836); artists Eastman Johnson, J.C. King, N. Southworth, T.T. Spear, William S. Tiffany (c.1847); Oliver Stearns, retailer of artists' supplies (1849–1850); artists J.A. Codman, A. Ransom, and R.M. Staigg (c.1852).
Coordinates: 42°21′17″N 71°03′42″W / 42.3546°N 71.0617°W
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