Chickering Hall (New York City, 1875)
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New York City
United States | |
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| Address | 437 Fifth Avenue at 18th Street New York City United States |
|---|---|
| Location | Manhattan |
| Coordinates | 40°44′20″N 73°59′31″W / 40.73889°N 73.99194°W |
| Owner | Chickering & Sons |
| Capacity | 1,450 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1870s |
| Opened | 15 September 1875 |
| Closed | 1893 |
| Demolished | 1901 |
| Construction cost | $175,000 (Inflation: 4855455) |
| Architect | George B. Post |
Chickering Hall (1875 - 1893) was a concert and music hall in Manhattan, New York City, New York, located on Fifth Avenue.[1]
Chickering Hall, commissioned by Chickering & Sons, was situated at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 18th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan.[2] It was designed by the American architect George B. Post and F.C. Murray.[3] The building housed a music store, piano warehouse, and concert hall.[2] Above the ground-level salesroom, its 1,450-seat auditorium, located on the second and third floors, hosted concerts, lectures, and conferences.[4]
At the inauguration of the new music hall on November 15, 1875, German pianist Hans von Bülow gave his first New York City performance.[5]
The concert hall was managed by Edward H. Colell in 1891 and was still under the ownership of Chickering and Sons.[6] In 1893, the building was entirely repurposed into a retail space for John Wanamaker's department store, taking over city piano sales.[2]
The original Chickering Hall building in New York City was sold and demolished in the early 1900s. Chickering & Sons merged with the American Piano Company who later established a new building in the borough of Manhattan on 57th Street under the same name in 1924.[7]
Events & Performances
- Hans von Bülow piano concert, November 15-24, 1875[8]
- 5th International Congress of Ophthalmology, September 12-14, 1876[9]
- Robert G. Ingersoll lecture, February 3, 1878[10]
- Chamber music of New York Philharmonic with Ema Pukšec, Sebastian Bach Mills, Ferdinand Quentin Dulcken, and more, April 1, 1879[11]
- 15th Annual Commencement of the New York College of Dentistry, February 23, 1881[12]
- Oscar Wilde, English Renaissance lecture, January 9, 1882[13]
- Kneisel Quartet, Pol Plançon, Antoinette Szumowska, and more, February 8, 1898[14]
- Frederic Farrar lecture, October 29, 1885[15]
