Orpheum Theatre [Boston]
type: Item
description: theatre in Boston
description: bouwwerk in de Verenigde Staten @nl
alternative label: Orpheum Theatre
Wikidata source: Q894568
EUTA research ID II: 1114
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Address: 1 Hamilton Place, Boston, MA 02108
Web: orpheum-theatre
Wikipedia page: Orpheum_Theatre_(Boston)
Country: USA
City: Boston
GPS: Point(-71.0608 42.3562)
opening date: 1852-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 7151
Note: Built 1852 as Boston Music Hall. Walcker pipe organ of 1863 put in storage in 1884 (and re-erected later at Methuen Memorial Music Hall). Home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra until 1900. 1900 converted into a vaudeville theatre. 1906 renamed Orpheum Theatre. 1916 rebuilding by Thomas W. Lamb, re-opened as Loew's Orpheum Theatre. Used as a cinema until 1971. 1971 reopened as a music venue named Aquarius. Later again renamed Orpheum Theatre. Used as a rock music venue. 2700 seats.
closure date: 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z