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| Address | 437 Fifth Avenue at 18th Street New York City  United States |
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| Location | Manhattan |
| Coordinates | 40°44′20″N73°59′31″W / 40.73889°N 73.99194°W |
| Owner | Chickering & Sons |
| Capacity | 1,450 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1870s |
| Opened | 15 September 1875 |
| Closed | 1893 |
| Demolished | 1901 |
| Construction cost | $175,000 (Inflation: 4855455) |
| Architect | George B. Post |
Chickering Hall (1875 - 1893) was a concert and music hall in Manhattan, New York City, New York, located on Fifth Avenue. [1]
Chickering Hall, commissioned by Chickering & Sons, was situated at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 18th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. [2] It was designed by the American architect George B. Post and F.C. Murray. [3] Opening on November 15, 1875, it housed a music store, piano warehouse, and concert hall. [2] Above the ground-level salesroom, its 1,450-seat auditorium, located on the second and third floors, hosted concerts, lectures, and conferences. [4]
The concert hall was managed by Edward H. Colell in 1891 and still under the ownership of Chickering and Sons. [5] In 1893, the building was entirely repurposed into a retail space for John Wanamaker's department store, taking over city piano sales. [2]
The original Chickering Hall building in New York City was sold and demolished in the early 1900s. Chickering & Sons merged with the American Piano Company who later established a new building in the borough of Manhattan on 57th Street under the same name in 1924. [6]
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