Cincinnati Music Hall
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Cincinnati Music Hall
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Cincinnati Music Hall
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| Location | 1241 Elm Street Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°6′34″N 84°31′8″W / 39.10944°N 84.51889°WCoordinates: 39°6′34″N 84°31′8″W / 39.10944°N 84.51889°W |
| Built | 1878 |
| Architect | Hannaford, Samuel, & Sons |
| Architectural style | Venetian Gothic |
| MPS | Hannaford, Samuel, & Sons TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000496 |
| Added to NRHP | January 26, 1970 |
Music Hall, commonly known as Cincinnati Music Hall, is a classical music performance hall in Cincinnati, Ohio, completed in 1878. It serves as the home for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, May Festival Chorus, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. In January 1975, it was recognized as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The building was designed with a dual purpose – to house musical activities in its central auditorium and industrial exhibitions in its side wings. It is located at 1241 Elm Street, across from the historic Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine, minutes from the center of the downtown area.
Music Hall was built over a pauper's cemetery, which has helped fuel its reputation as one of the most haunted places in America.
In June 2014, Music Hall was included on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual list of America's 11 most endangered historic places.
On September 13, 1818, the City of Cincinnati purchased from Jesse Embree for $3,200 a plot of land on the west side of Elm Street, just north of 12th Street. On January 22, 1821, the Ohio State Legislature passed an act that established "a Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum for the state of Ohio." Thus, Ohio's first insane asylum was erected in Cincinnati on 4 acres (16,000 m2) of land bounded by the Miami and Erie Canal. The Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum of Ohio was the parent institution for the Orphan Asylum, the City Infirmary, the Cincinnati Hospital, and Longview Asylum. Cincinnati Hospital, the main facility, was located along the canal at 12th and Plum Streets, which is now 12th and Central Parkway.
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