Boston illustrated; . a brief seasonthe theatre was conducted by Mr. JohnStetson, who had, for a short time preced-ing Mr. Cheneys death, conducted it inconjunction with the latter. Then thehouse was closed for a season, and subse-quently, in October, 1880, Mr. Stetson ob-tained a for ten years. Thereuponhe freshened the theatre and added sev-eral improvements. The auditorium issixty feet high, and of the usual horse-shoe form. It has, besides the parquet,two galleries and an intermediate row ofThe Globe Theatre. mezzanine chairs. The stage is probably tlie most perfect one in the count
Boston illustrated; . a brief seasonthe theatre was conducted by Mr. JohnStetson, who had, for a short time preced-ing Mr. Cheneys death, conducted it inconjunction with the latter. Then thehouse was closed for a season, and subse-quently, in October, 1880, Mr. Stetson ob-tained a for ten years. Thereuponhe freshened the theatre and added sev-eral improvements. The auditorium issixty feet high, and of the usual horse-shoe form. It has, besides the parquet,two galleries and an intermediate row ofThe Globe Theatre. mezzanine chairs. The stage is probably tlie most perfect one in the country, being furnished with all approved appli-ances for the perfect setting of scenery. A departure, and it is believed thefirst, has been made from the otherwise universal practice of constructingstage floors, this being entirely level. Tlie painted drop-curtain is admiredby many, as well as the rich decoration and tasteful use of colors on thewalls and ceiling, and the elegant drapery of the boxes. Beside the main en-. BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 91 trance on Washington Street, there is a handsome one from Essex Street, whichruns to the eastward from the former thorouglifare. On Essex street, yearsdgo, Gilbert Stuart lived and painted. In later years Wendell Phillips livedhere, near the corner of Chaiincy, and only removed in 1882, when his housewas taken down to make way for the extension of Harrison Avenue. His homeuntil his death in 1884 was in Common Street, near by. On Washington, corner of Boylston Street, is the Boylston Market, a plain,old-fashioned structure. This was built in 1809, and at that time its site wason the outer margin of the town. It was designed by Bulfinch, dedicated witha speech from John Quincy Adams, and presented with a clock by Handel and Haydn Society occupied the hall aljove the market in 1816,and afterwards the hall was occasionally used as a theatre, as Murdochs schoolof elocution, and as a church. It now contains an armory. The street floo
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