NRHP Reference # 75000301 Area 8,094 m² | Built 1900 Opened 1900 Added to NRHP 30 May 1975 | |
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Architect McKim,Mead & White; Wheelwright & Haven Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other Similar Deer Island Light, Faneuil Hall, The First Church of Christ - Sc, St Mary – St Catherine, Georges Island | ||
Symphony and Horticultural Halls are historic buildings at the corner of Massachusetts and Huntington Avenues in Boston, Massachusetts. The halls were listed as a pair on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Symphony Hall was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1999.
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Symphony Hall
Symphony Hall is a large, rectangular performance space designed by McKim, Mead and White, and built in 1900 by the Norcross Brothers for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Italian Renaissance Revival building rests on thousands of wooden pilings embedded in filled land, and is one of the city's first steel-framed buildings. It is clad in brick, with limestone trim. Its main entrance, now on Massachusetts Avenue, was originally intended for arrivals by carriage, while the original main entrance was through the columned portico on Huntington Avenue.
Horticultural Hall
Horticultural Hall was designed by Wheelwright and Haven and completed in 1901. It is a two-story Beaux Arts brick and stone structure, extending along Massachusetts Avenue opposite the current main entrance to Symphony Hall. It was built by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, founded in 1832, and originally housed its offices, as well as a lecture hall and exhibition spaces. It now houses the offices of Boston magazine and the Handel and Haydn Society, among others.