Tacony Music Hall
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| Location | 4815–4819 Longshore Ave. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000413[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 9, 1990 |
The Tacony Music Hall is a historic building in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The three-story brick building was erected in 1885 by Frank W. Jordan, a local druggist and entrepreneur, as a multi-use facility, with retail shop space on the first floor, an auditorium on the second, and space for the Keystone Scientific and Literary Association (founded 1876, later called the Disston Library and Free Reading Room) on the third.[2]
P. T. Barnum and Susan B. Anthony lectured here.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Today, the beautifully restored building is occupied by the local civic association, historical society, and several businesses including a pre-school on the first floor and recording, production and music instruction studios on the third.
A movement is underway to return the historic music hall to its original purpose as the cultural and artistic center for a resurgent Tacony. Current plans include a Performing Arts Center, music therapy and music instruction studios, and recording and post-production facilities in an artistically underserved area of Philadelphia.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Iatarola, Louis M. "Tacony Music Hall". Historical Society of Tacony. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
External links
Media related to Tacony Music Hall at Wikimedia Commons
- Listing and photographs at the Historic American Buildings Survey
- Listing and photograph at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
- Woodcut (1893) at Bryn Mawr College
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