The story
Boston's most notorious burlesque theater was built as a church for a doomsday cult that predicted the world would end in 1844.
Everything that was here
- 1846–1953
The Old Howard TheatreTheater
Boston's most notorious burlesque theater was built as a church for a doomsday cult that predicted the world would end in 1844.
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Nearby history
Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe
576 Columbus Avenue · 1.6 km away
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367 Huntington Avenue · 1.9 km away
The Boston Tea Party (concert venue)
53 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 (later 15 Lansdowne Street) · 2.3 km away
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138 St. James Avenue · 2.4 km away
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671 Boylston Street · 2.5 km away
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17 Piedmont Street · 2.5 km away
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