Julien Hall (built 1825) 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 an athletic 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."[1] 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."[1]
Events at the Hall
1825
"Hubard Gallery" of
William James Hubard, silhouette portrait artist (1825-1826). Also on display was John H.I. Browere's portrait bust of
Gilbert Stuart[2]
Dec. 5 - Meeting of the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance[10]
1829
April - "
Red Jacket. The Indian chief whom
Washington 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."[11]
1830
April - Lectures by Robert L. Jennings, "a disciple of Owen, Wright & Co., of New York"[12]
August - Exhibition of live snakes: "the anaconda, the boa constrictor, and the strangling serpents"[13]
Jan. 21 -
New-England Anti-Slavery Society 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.'"[19][20]
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...."[21]
July - Discussion "between the Rev. Mr.
Gurley, agent of the
Colonization Society and the Rev. Mr. May, an advocate for immediate emancipation"[22][23]
^James W. Cook, Jr. (Winter 1995). "From the Age of Reason to the Age of Barnum: The Great Automaton Chess-Player and the Emergence of Victorian Cultural Illusionism". Winterthur Portfolio. 30.
^John F. Ohl; Joseph Earl Arrington (Jan 1960). "John Maelzel, Master Showman of Automata and Panoramas". Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 84.
^New-Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette; Date: 08-23-1830
^William L. van Deburg (Jun 1975). "William Lloyd Garrison and the "Pro-Slavery Priesthood": The Changing Beliefs of An Evangelical Reformer, 1830-1840". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 43 (2).
^Roderick S. French (Summer 1980). "Liberation from Man and God in Boston: Abner Kneeland's Free-Thought Campaign, 1830-1839". American Quarterly. 32 (2).
^Rhode Island American, Statesman and Providence Gazette; Date: 01-08-1830
^NEASS, Third Annual Report, p.3; cited in: Lois Brown. Out of the Mouths of Babes: The Abolitionist Campaign of Susan Paul and the Juvenile Choir of Boston. New England Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 1 (Mar., 2002)
^Susan Paul was the daughter of Boston preacher
Thomas Paul
Julien Hall (built 1825) 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 an athletic 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."[1] 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."[1]
Events at the Hall
1825
"Hubard Gallery" of
William James Hubard, silhouette portrait artist (1825-1826). Also on display was John H.I. Browere's portrait bust of
Gilbert Stuart[2]
Dec. 5 - Meeting of the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance[10]
1829
April - "
Red Jacket. The Indian chief whom
Washington 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."[11]
1830
April - Lectures by Robert L. Jennings, "a disciple of Owen, Wright & Co., of New York"[12]
August - Exhibition of live snakes: "the anaconda, the boa constrictor, and the strangling serpents"[13]
Jan. 21 -
New-England Anti-Slavery Society 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.'"[19][20]
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...."[21]
July - Discussion "between the Rev. Mr.
Gurley, agent of the
Colonization Society and the Rev. Mr. May, an advocate for immediate emancipation"[22][23]
^James W. Cook, Jr. (Winter 1995). "From the Age of Reason to the Age of Barnum: The Great Automaton Chess-Player and the Emergence of Victorian Cultural Illusionism". Winterthur Portfolio. 30.
^John F. Ohl; Joseph Earl Arrington (Jan 1960). "John Maelzel, Master Showman of Automata and Panoramas". Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 84.
^New-Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette; Date: 08-23-1830
^William L. van Deburg (Jun 1975). "William Lloyd Garrison and the "Pro-Slavery Priesthood": The Changing Beliefs of An Evangelical Reformer, 1830-1840". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 43 (2).
^Roderick S. French (Summer 1980). "Liberation from Man and God in Boston: Abner Kneeland's Free-Thought Campaign, 1830-1839". American Quarterly. 32 (2).
^Rhode Island American, Statesman and Providence Gazette; Date: 01-08-1830
^NEASS, Third Annual Report, p.3; cited in: Lois Brown. Out of the Mouths of Babes: The Abolitionist Campaign of Susan Paul and the Juvenile Choir of Boston. New England Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 1 (Mar., 2002)
^Susan Paul was the daughter of Boston preacher
Thomas Paul