St. James Theatre [Boston]
St. James Theatre
theatre in Boston
Concert hall, built 1901 by Peabody & Stearns for the piano manufacturer Chickering & Sons. Opened as Chickering Hall. 800 seats. 1912 extended and re-opened as St. James Theatre (1600 seats). Used as a vaudeville theatre and cinema. 1929 renamed Uptown Theatre. Demolished 1968.