Julien Hall (Boston)
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Julien Hall was a building in Boston
, Massachusetts
, on the corner of Congress Street and Milk Street
. It flourished 1825-1843, housing a variety of public events such as lectures by Red Jacket
, William Lloyd Garrison
; temperance meetings; political meetings; auctions; exhibitions of live animals, portraits by William James Hubard
, John H. I. Browere; performances of the "automaton chess player" and the "panharmonicon;" and so on. By 1842 boxer John Sheridan had converted space in the hall into a gymnasium.
The building was known as "Julien Hall" because it had been "built on the land where formerly stood the much noted Julien's Restorator
." It was also called "Congress Hall." In 1828 it was described as "a large and convenient edifice ... erected in 1825, by Dr. Edward H. Robbins. ... There are two halls in this building, 55 by 44 feet square; the principal one is 15 feet high, and receives light through the cupola in the centre. These are rented for various purposes, such as public exhibitions, the holding of meetings, &c."
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, on the corner of Congress Street and Milk Street
Milk Street
Milk Street is a street in the financial district of Boston, Massachusetts.Milk Street was one of Boston's earliest highways. The name "Milk Street" was given to the street in 1708 due to the milk market at the location...
. It flourished 1825-1843, housing a variety of public events such as lectures by Red Jacket
Red Jacket
Red Jacket was a Native American Seneca orator and chief of the Wolf clan...
, William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, he promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United...
; temperance meetings; political meetings; auctions; exhibitions of live animals, portraits by William James Hubard
William James Hubard
William James Hubard was British-born artist who worked in England and the United States in the 19th-century. He specialized in silhouette and painted portraits.-Biography:...
, John H. I. Browere; performances of the "automaton chess player" and the "panharmonicon;" and so on. By 1842 boxer John Sheridan had converted space in the hall into a gymnasium.
The building was known as "Julien Hall" because it had been "built on the land where formerly stood the much noted Julien's Restorator
Julien's Restorator
Julien's Restorator was a restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, established by French-born Jean Baptiste Gilbert Payplat dis Julien...
." It was also called "Congress Hall." In 1828 it was described as "a large and convenient edifice ... erected in 1825, by Dr. Edward H. Robbins. ... There are two halls in this building, 55 by 44 feet square; the principal one is 15 feet high, and receives light through the cupola in the centre. These are rented for various purposes, such as public exhibitions, the holding of meetings, &c."
Events at the Hall
- 1825
- "Hubard Gallery" of William James HubardWilliam James HubardWilliam James Hubard was British-born artist who worked in England and the United States in the 19th-century. He specialized in silhouette and painted portraits.-Biography:...
, silhouette portrait artist (1825-1826). Also on display was John H.I. Browere's portrait bust of Gilbert StuartGilbert StuartGilbert Charles Stuart was an American painter from Rhode Island.Gilbert Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists... - PanharmoniconPanharmoniconThe Panharmonicon was a musical instrument invented in 1805 by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, a contemporary and friend of Beethoven. Beethoven apparently composed his piece "Wellington's Victory" to be played on this behemoth mechanical orchestral organ to commemorate Arthur Wellesley's victory over the...
- Oct. - Auction of "Russia goods" by J.L. CunninghamJoseph Lewis CunninghamJoseph Lewis Cunningham or J. L. Cunningham worked as an auctioneer in Boston, Massachusetts, in the first half of the 19th century...
- Dec. 12 - City election, ward 8
- "Hubard Gallery" of William James Hubard
- 1826
- Automaton chess player, exhibited by Johann Nepomuk Maelzel
- Nov. 28 - Meeting of supporters of mayor Josiah QuincyJosiah Quincy IIIJosiah Quincy III was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives , Mayor of Boston , and President of Harvard University...
- 1827
- March 31 - TemperanceTemperance movementA temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
meeting - Dec. 5 - Meeting of the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance
- March 31 - Temperance
- 1829
- April - "Red JacketRed JacketRed Jacket was a Native American Seneca orator and chief of the Wolf clan...
. The Indian chief whom WashingtonGeorge WashingtonGeorge Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
in 1792 pronounced 'the flower of the forest' has arrived in this city. ... On Tuesday next he intends to deliver a speech at Julien Hall, in his native tongue."
- April - "Red Jacket
- 1830
- April - Lectures by Robert L. Jennings, "a disciple of Owen, Wright & Co., of New York"
- August - Exhibition of live snakes: "the anaconda, the boa constrictor, and the strangling serpents"
- Oct. 15 - Lecture by William Lloyd GarrisonWilliam Lloyd GarrisonWilliam Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, he promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United...
- Abner KneelandAbner KneelandAbner Kneeland was an American evangelist and theologian who advocated many views, religious and social, which were considered extremely radical for his day. Due to his very public stance on these issues, Kneeland became the last man jailed in the United States for blasphemy.-Early life and...
's "First Society of Free Enquirers" (ca.1830-1834) - "Robert Dale OwenRobert Dale OwenRobert Dale Owen was a longtime exponent in his adopted United States of the socialist doctrines of his father, Robert Owen, as well as a politician in the Democratic Party.-Biography:...
, the platonic friend of Fanny WrightFrances WrightFrances Wright also widely known as Fanny Wright, was a Scottish-born lecturer, writer, freethinker, feminist, abolitionist, and social reformer, who became a U. S. citizen in 1825...
, is delivering a course of infidel lectures at the Julien Hall in Boston"
- 1831
- Newtonian institute: "Courses of lectures will be given in English history, natural history of the animal kingdom, astronomy"
- 1833
- July - "Wandering Piper"
- 1835
- Jan. 21 - New-England Anti-Slavery SocietyNew-England Anti-Slavery SocietyThe New England Anti-Slavery Society was formed by William Lloyd Garrison, editor of The Liberator, in 1831. The Liberator was also its official publication....
3rd annual meeting. "At the close of the meeting, the 'Colored Juvenile Choir, under the direction of Miss Paul,' sang "[s]everal hymns suited to the occasion" in the auditorium, which was 'crowded to suffocation.'" - May 20 - Theophilus Fisk, "Capital against Labor: an address delivered at Julien Hall before the mechanics of Boston." "The history of the producers of wealth, of the industrious classes, is that of a continual warfare of honesty against fraud, weakness against power, justice against oppression...."
- July - Discussion "between the Rev. Mr. GurleyRalph Randolph GurleyRalph Randolph Gurley was a clergyman, an advocate of the separation of the races and a major force in the American Colonization Society, which offered passage to their colony in west Africa , to free black Americans....
, agent of the Colonization SocietyAmerican Colonization SocietyThe American Colonization Society , founded in 1816, was the primary vehicle to support the "return" of free African Americans to what was considered greater freedom in Africa. It helped to found the colony of Liberia in 1821–22 as a place for freedmen...
and the Rev. Mr. May, an advocate for immediate emancipation" - August - Anti-Catholic lecture by M'Calla
- Oct. -- "Abolition address" by George ThompsonGeorge Thompson (abolitionist)George Donisthorpe Thompson was a British antislavery orator and activist who worked toward the abolition of slavery through lecture tours and legislation while serving as a Member of Parliament...
- Massachusetts Anti-Slavery SocietyMassachusetts Anti-Slavery SocietyThe Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society was organized as an auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1835. Its roots were in New England Anti-Slavery Society, organized by William Lloyd Garrison, editor of The Liberator, in 1831...
meetings
- Jan. 21 - New-England Anti-Slavery Society
- 1842
- John Sheridan's Gymnasium, 1842-1843