. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. Gilmores Opera House, Main and Pynchon Streets. 268 KING S HANDBOOK OF STRINGFIELD. name indicates its chief use, and it has popularized in Springfield the pre-viously unknown pastime of roller-skating. For two summers, perform-ances of light opera were given in it, at low prices of admission ; but theyfailed to be profitable, partly because the location and construction of thebuilding make it peculiarly uncomfortable upon a hot night. Political meet-ings and pedestrian-matches have occasional
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. Gilmores Opera House, Main and Pynchon Streets. 268 KING S HANDBOOK OF STRINGFIELD. name indicates its chief use, and it has popularized in Springfield the pre-viously unknown pastime of roller-skating. For two summers, perform-ances of light opera were given in it, at low prices of admission ; but theyfailed to be profitable, partly because the location and construction of thebuilding make it peculiarly uncomfortable upon a hot night. Political meet-ings and pedestrian-matches have occasionally been held in it; and theBicycle Club has given frequent exhibitions in it, outside of the regularskating-season. The Springfield Club, the only purely social organization of consequencein the city, was formed about 15 years ago as a sporting-club, and first met. Springfield Club-House, Chestnut and Worthington Streets. in a Main-street business-block. Its scope was gradually changed, and afew years later it took possession of its present house at the corner ofChestnut and Worthington Streets. It is made up of prominent businessand professional men of the city, and its elegant quarters have been thescene of many a banquet to leading actors and other important S. Hyde is the president, and William P. Alexander the secretary andtreasurer. The Springfield Turnverein, a prosperous German organization devotedto social, physical, and mental advancement, was organized April 5, 1855,and has for many years met in Gilmores Hall, on the upper floor of theblock adjoining the Opera House. A small stage has been erected, andfurnished with one or two scenes; and here the members and their familiesmeet regularly on Sunday nights, and frequently at other times, and enjoy KINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. 269 themselves in characteristic German fashion
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