Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . he end to the street, the mansion ofthe Hubbard family. iSText was a house built by Thomas Per-kins, whose wife was a Mascarene. It fronted on the street,and had a garden. The old Tremont Theatre stood on the spot now covered bythe Tremont Temple. The corner-stone was laid on the morn-ing of July 4, 1827. The theatre was built so rapidly that aperformance took place on the 24th of September. Wives asthey Were, and Maids as they Are, was the piece chosen byMr. Pelby. Ostinelli, the Hither of the since famous ElizaBiscaccianti, led the orchestra.
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . he end to the street, the mansion ofthe Hubbard family. iSText was a house built by Thomas Per-kins, whose wife was a Mascarene. It fronted on the street,and had a garden. The old Tremont Theatre stood on the spot now covered bythe Tremont Temple. The corner-stone was laid on the morn-ing of July 4, 1827. The theatre was built so rapidly that aperformance took place on the 24th of September. Wives asthey Were, and Maids as they Are, was the piece chosen byMr. Pelby. Ostinelli, the Hither of the since famous ElizaBiscaccianti, led the orchestra. W. R. Blake read the prizeaddress, — the same eminent comedian so long connected withthe New York theatres. Mr. Pelby was the prime mover in the project to erect anothertheatre, which had professedly for its object the elevation of thecharacter of the Boston stage. But little opposition was en-countered from the Boston Theatre proprietors. A companywas organized in February, and the Avork pressed to early com-pletion. 292 LANDMARKS OF TREMONT HOUSE AND THEATRE. The elder Booth succeeded Pelby in the nwnageiaient of thesecond season, but withdrew before it ended. Wilson andRussell successively conducted, the latter bringing out the cele-brated Master Burke, who produced an unparalleled twenty-five nights he filled the house with fasliionable au-diences. Messrs. Barrett and Barry were subsequent managers. The Tremont always maintained a high standing, though itspatronage fell ofi in later years. It is noticeable as the firstBoston house in which operas were produced. ISIany sterlingactors have appeared here, among whom the veteran JohnGilbert and wife long held a high place in general played here, investing his parts with a quaint fine humorthat seldom failed to set the house in a roar. In 1842 theTremont ceased to be a theatre, having been sold to the BaptistSociety of Rev. Dr. Colver. The interior was remodelled, andreceived the name of th
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