The story
'Always something doing' at the Old Howard, from John L. Sullivan's boxing matches to the burlesque queens that made Scollay Square infamous before a mysterious fire sealed its fate.
Everything that was here
- 1845–1961
Old Howard Theatre (Howard Athenaeum)Theater
'Always something doing' at the Old Howard, from John L. Sullivan's boxing matches to the burlesque queens that made Scollay Square infamous before a mysterious fire sealed its fate.
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Boston, MA
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Nearby history
Steaming Kettle (Oriental Tea Company)
63-65 Court Street, Boston, MA 02108 · 126 m away
Scollay Square
1 City Hall Plaza · 212 m away
Bell in Hand Tavern
45 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108 · 261 m away
Omni Parker House
60 School Street · 286 m away
Green Dragon Tavern (original)
Union Street, Boston, MA (original demolished; modern namesake at 11 Marshall Street) · 292 m away
Union Oyster House
41 Union Street · 298 m away
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