Eliot Hall

  • Also Known As: The Footlight Club

  • Phone: 617-524-6506
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building
  • Available for private functions

The Greek Revival Eliot Hall was built in 1831 as a town meeting hall and then it became a parish hall for the Unitarian Church. In 1889, the Footlight Club, one of America's oldest community theater groups, purchased the building and saved it from demolition. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1831/00/00 Built
1889/00/00 Footligt Club members collectively buy Eliot Hall

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Particulars for Eliot Hall:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Church school
Architectural Style Greek Revival
Criteria Historic Event
Architectural Style Italianate
Historic Use Meeting hall
Area of Significance Performing Arts
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property
Area of Significance Theatre



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 88000959
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Greek revival, Italianate
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Performing arts
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1825-1849, 1925-1949
Significant Year: c 1832, 1878, 1889
Historic Function: Religion, Social, Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure, Meeting hall, Church school, Theater
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Theater

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