List of former theatres in Boston
Introduction The following is a partial '''list of former theatres''' in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It includes multi-purpose public spaces that functioned at least in part as venues for theatrical performances, including vaudeville. Most venues also served at one time or another as concert halls, lecture halls, meeting spaces, etc. Some operated as dime museums, and some as motion picture houses. Some of the buildings that formerly housed theatres have survived to the present day. However, most of the buildings no longer exist.
Former theatres in Boston  Name Year established Year closed Location Notes Image Adelphi Theatre 19th century  Washington Street    Alhambra 1878      Allston Hall 19th century  Tremont Street    Allston Theatre 20th century  Brighton Avenue    Apollo Theatre 20th century  Washington Street   100px The Arena 19th century  Chandler Street    Arlington Theatre 20th century  Tremont Street    Austin and Stone's Dime Museum 1883  Tremont Row   100px Austin's Nickelodeon  1888 1891 circa Court Street    Barnum's Aquarial Gardens 1862 1863 Washington Street    Beach Street Theatre 19th century      Beacon Theatre 20th century  Tremont Street    Beethoven Hall 1874 1878 Washington Street    Bijou 1882 1943 Washington Street   100px Board Alley Theatre  1792 1793 Hawley Street    Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens 1860 1862 Central Court    Boston Arena 20th century  Street Botolph Street    Boston Hippodrome 20th century  Tremont Street    Boston Museum 1841 1903 Tremont Street   100px Boston Olympic Theatre 1845  Court Street    Boston Opera House 1909  Huntington Avenue    Boston Theatre 1854 1925 Washington Street   100px Bowdoin Square Theatre 19th century  Bowdoin Square    Bowdoin Theatre 1858 circa      Boylston Hall 1810 1887 Boylston and Washington Streets    Buckley's Minstrel Hall 1863 Corner of Summer and Chauncey StreetsAKA Buckley's New Minstrel Hall and Aquarial Gardens. AKA Buckley's Serenaders  Casino Theatre 19th century  Hanover Street    Casino Theatre 1909      Castle Square Theatre 1894 1932 Tremont Street   100px Chickering Hall 1883 1890s Tremont Street    Chickering Hall 1901 1912 Huntington Avenue   100px Cobb Theatre 20th century  Washington Street    Columbia Theatre 1891 1957 circa Washington Street   100px Columbian Museum  1795 1825 Tremont Street    Concert Hall 1752 1869  Hanover Street   100px Continental Theatre 1860s  Washington Street    Copley Theater 20th century  Dartmouth Street    Cort Theatre 1914 1915 Park Square   Donnelly TheatreMarch 12, 19221968205 Mass. Ave. formerly Back Bay Theatre, Jimi Hendrix may have played here with Little Richard's  band Dudley Street Opera House 19th century  Dudley Street    Dudley Theatre 20th century  Washington Street    Eagle Theatre 1840s  Haverhill and Traverse Streets    Eagle Theatre 20th century  Washington Street    Egleston Theatre 20th century  Washington Street    Everett Square Theatre 20th century  Fairmount Avenue    Exeter Street Theatre 1914 1984 Exeter Street    Faneuil Hall 18th century      Federal Street Theatre  1794 1852 Federal Street    Fenway Theatre  20th century  Massachusetts Avenue    Forest Garden 1879 circa  Roxbury    Franklin Park Theatre 20th century  Blue Hill Avenue    Gaiety Theatre 1878 1882 Washington Street Became the Bijou Theatre  Gaiety Theatre 1908 1949 Washington Street   100px Gem Theatre  20th century  Meridian Street    Germania Theatre 1876      Globe Theatre 1871 1894 Washington Street    Globe Theatre  1903  Washington Street    Gordon's Old South  20th century  Washington Street, near Milk Street   100px Gordon's Olympia Theatre 20th century  Washington Street    Grand Dime Museum 19th century  Dover Street    Grand Museum 19th century  Dover Street and Washington Street    Grand Opera House 1888 1930s Washington Street   100px Grand Theatre 1896      Gray's Opera House 1878      Halleck's Alhambra  1880  City Point    Harmony Hall 19th century 724 Washington Street    Harrington's Museum 1840 1842 Court Street    Haymarket Theatre 1796 1803 Tremont Street    Hollis Street Theatre 1885 1935 Hollis Street    Horticultural Hall 1845 1860 School Street    Howard Athenaeum 1845 1953 Howard Street   100px Huntington Avenue Theatre 20th century  Huntington Avenue    Ideal Theatre 20th century  Dudley Street    Jane English's New Tremont Theatre 19th century  Tremont Street    Keith and Bacheller's New York Dime Museum 1883      Keith's Theatre 1894  Washington Street    Keith-Albee Boston Theatre 1920s  Washington Street    Lancaster Theatre 20th century  Lancaster Street    Lion Theatre 1836 1839 Washington Street Became the Melodeon  Lothrop's Grand Museum 19th century  Dover Street    Lyceum Theatre 1892  Washington Street    Magnet Theatre 20th century  Washington Street    Melodeon 1839 1878 Washington Street Became the Gaiety Theatre  Metropolitan Theatre 1925  Tremont Street See Wang Theatre  National Theatre 1836 1863 Portland Street, West End    National Theatre 1911 1978 Tremont Street, South End    New Boylston Museum 1876 1882 circa     New Dime Museum 1882      New England Museum  1818 1840 circa  Court Street    Nickelodeon 20th century  Hanover Street    Nickelodeon Musee and Parlor Theatre 1894  Hanover Street    Novelty Theatre 19th century  Dover Street    Oakland Garden 1879 circa  Roxbury    Ocean Garden 1880      Olympic Saloon  1841      Ordway Hall 1852  Washington Street    P. 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Barnum's Museum and Aquarial Gardens 19th century  Washington Street    Palace Theatre 19th century  Court Street    Palais Royal  1878      Park Garden  1879      Park Square Theatre  1915 1921 Park Square    Park Theatre 1879  Washington Street    Plymouth Theatre  1911 1957 Stuart Street    Pompeiian Amphitheater 19th century  Huntington Avenue    Puritan Theatre 1905 circa 1960s Washington Street    RKO-Boston 1930s 1950s Washington Street, corner Essex Street    Scenic Temple 20th century  Berkeley Street and Warren Avenue    School-Street Opera House 19th century  School Street    Scollay Square Olympia Theatre 20th century      Scollay Theatre  1913 1962 Tremont Row    Seville Theatre 1930 circa 1970 circa East Boston     Siege of Paris Opera House  1879      Selwyn's Theatre  1867 1870 Washington Street    Selwyn Theatre 1921  Park Square    Shawmut Theatre 20th century  Blue Hill Avenue    St. James 20th century  Huntington Avenue    Star Theatre 20th century  Tremont Row    St. James Theatre 19th century  Washington Street   100px Suffolk Drive-In 1955 circa 1970 circa East Boston     Superb Theatre 20th century  Columbus Avenue    Theatre Comique 1860s  Washington Street    Theatre Comique  1906  Tremont Row    Toy Theatre 1914  Dartmouth Street    Tremont Theatre 1827  Tremont Street    Tremont Theatre, Studio Building 1860s  Tremont Street    Tremont Theatre 1889  Tremont Street    Union's Opera House  1879      Unique Theatre 20th century  Washington Street    Vaudeville Saloon 1840      Waldron's Casino 20th century  Hanover Street    Washington Gardens 19th century  Common Street    Washington Hall  1833  Washington Street    Washington Theatre 20th century  Washington Street    Washingtonian Hall  1842  Court Street    Williams Hall 1855 circa  Washington Street    Windsor Theatre 1881 circa  Dover Street    World's Museum 1884  Washington Street    The Zoo  1896  Boylston Street
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