F 73 .7 .P82 Copy 1 NEWER BOSTOl^ COPLEY SQUARE HOTEL BOSTOM, SOME PROMINENT BUILDINGS NEWER BOSTON BEING THE HOMES OF Art, Literature, Science, Music, Fashion, and Religion ADJACENT TO THE COPLEY SQUARE HOTEL e » > T » » o THE DISTRICT POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE BACK BAY OR THE Fashionable Residential Section LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two Copies Reoaivsd JAN 22 1904 Copyright Entry CLASS «-' XXc. No. 'ir I ^ ' COPY B Copyright, 1905 By Frederick Popk • • • • •#» ••• 1 • •• •• • • • • • • *•• • ••• ••« i * * Copley Square Ibotel, 36osto t ^ L'ENVOI In presenting this little work to the patrons of the Copley Square Hotel, it is the purpose of the management to provide the visitor with a guide to those institutions sought by persons of education and culture, to briefly and concisely give the history and explain the purpose of each, and to show the building in which it is housed. Handbooks are published showing the historical landmarks made famous by men whose patriot- ism, religious fervor, and zeal for education have for two hundred and seventy-five years advanced the moral, intellectual, social, and material pros- perity of humanity, and sent *' Boston ideas " broadcast over our land, stimulating newer com- munities to strive for the highest ideals. These handbooks are too bulky for the visitor to carry, and are inconvenient for outdoor reference. This booklet is not open to such objections, as it can be easily carried, and it shows in outline descrip- tions and illustrations the artistic creations in brick and stone on the avenues around Copley Square, the results of nearly three centuries of progress. Ibuntington Bvenue an& JEpeter Street Copley Square dbotel, 36o0ton ^ « I ' i^K i»ii?4lJi.aii.|s;r. :::■;: ^ t- The Copley Square Hotel, Huntington Avenue and Exeter Street, Boston, Mass. A high-class modern house. One block from Boston & Albany- Huntington Avenue Station, and N. Y., N. H. & H. Back Bay Station. Street cars pass door to every part of city and suburbs, and connect with every electric system in New England. Fifteen minutes from State Street financial cen- tre. Ten minutes from boot and shoe and wool districts. Ten minutes' pleasant walk to ex- clusive and fashionable shopping district. Fifteen minutes' walk to large department stores. The Back Bay is the fashionable residential section of Boston. Copley Square is Boston's literary, musical, artistic, and religious centre. Rooms pleasant. Restaurant unexcelled. Prices moder- ate. Check baggage to Back Bay or Huntington Avenue Stations, and avoid the possibility of long delays at South Terminal. "tountintiton Bvcnue an6 Eyeter Street Coplcv Square Ibotel, 36oston -X- The Boston Athletic Association occupies a fine club-house on Exeter Street, corner of Blagden, which is one of the best equipped of its kind in the country. It has tennis, racquet, and hand- ball courts, fencing and boxing rooms, billiard- rooms, bowling alleys, Turkish bath, and swim- ming tank, and a great gymnasium provided with the most approved apparatus. There are also all the regular features of a modern club, including a large restaurant and supper-rooms. The club was organized in 1888, and the present building was opened in 1891. An addition to the house has been erected on Blagden Street, furnishing additional accommodation for all the depart- ments, athletic and social, at a cost of $300,000. This part was opened for service Nov. i, 1903. The membership is 1,800, with a waiting list of 350. fjuntington Hvcnue an6 Eycter Street Coplev Square Ibotcl, 3Boston The Boston Public Library is the largest public library for free circulation in the world, housed in the most magnificent library building. It is built in the Italian Renaissance style of archi- tecture; it is quadrangular in shape, and sur- rounds a court. With its platform, it covers, exclusive of the court, an acre and a half of ground. Its walls are of Milford granite, which has a faint pink tinge, and the roof is of brown Spanish tiles. The chief characteristics of the building are its simplicity and the accent- ing of the horizontal lines of composition. The front consists of a strongly marked first story supporting an arcaded second story, which is surmounted by a massive and projecting cornice, the whole unbroken for 225 feet. The whole structure rests on a low platform, approached by wide encircling steps, which lifts the library above the level of Copley Square. Opposite the entrance is a magnificent staircase of Sienna and Eschallon marble. On either side of the landing are two heroic-size marble couching lions by St. Gaudens. The staircase leads to Bates Hall, 217 feet long, the general reading-room containing over half a million volumes. This room is open to citizens and strangers. Ibuntington Bvenuc an& JEyetcr Str eet * Copley Square 1botel,36oBton -.r * CHARITABLE MECHANICS EXHIBITION BUILDING. Charitable Mechanics Exhibition Building, or Mechanics Hall. This magnificent edifice was erected in 1881 on Huntington Avenue, corner West Newton Street, one block from the Copley Square Hotel. It measures 600 feet on Hunting- ton Avenue, and its greatest breadth is 245 feet; it is situated on an irregular-shaped lot contain- ing more than two acres of area, or, to be exact, 96,000 feet. The building was intended pri- marily for the triennial exhibitions of the Mas- sachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, a Society founded in 1795. In this building are yearly held the Boston Horse Show, the Kennel Club Dog Show, the Poultry Fanciers' Exhibi- tion, the Fish and Game Exhibit, the National Championship Athletic Contests, and all civic or social meetings requiring an unusual space. The Great Hall seats 8,000 persons. In this hall for three seasons the Italian Grand Opera was given. Paul Revere was the first president of this asso- ciation, and a very beautifully decorated hall in the building has been named the Paul Revere Hall in memory of the first president. Trade schools, giving instruction in all branches of mechanic arts, are held here nightly during eight months each year. Instructions are without charge. 'fl3untlngton Bvenue atl^ lEyeter Street * * Copley Square 1b o t c I , 36 o 6 t o n * * The Arlington Street Church, on the corner of Arlington and Boylston Streets, is a successor of the old Federal Street Church, organized in 1724, under the Presbyterian form. It became Unitarian in 1786. The exterior of the building is plain, with a well-proportioned tower and steeple, placed in the middle of the front. The interior is modelled after the Church of S. An- nunziata, at Genoa, by Giacomo Delia Porta. A fine range of Corinthian columns divides it into a nave and two aisles. In the tower is hung a chime of sixteen bells, a gift from the late Jona- than Phillips. The present pastor is Paul Revere Frothingham. Ibuntington Bvcnue an& lEycter Street Copley Square Ibotcl, JBoston The First Church of Boston was organized by John Winthrop, Thomas Dudley, and other lead- ers of the Colonists in 1630. It was given the name of the " First Church of Christ in Boston." The first meeting-house, with mud walls and thatched roof, stood on the south side of State Street. The present edifice, on the cor- ner of Berkeley and Malborough Streets, is the fourth building occupied by this society. It is a highly ornamented stone building, with a rich and tasteful interior. John Wilson was the first minister of the church, and John Cotton the second. Present pastor, Rev. James Eels. Ibuntinciton Bvenue an5 Eyeter Street * Copley Square lb o t e I , 3B o t o n The Normal Art School is on the southeast cor- ner of Exeter and Newbury Streets. It is under the direction of the State Board of Education, and was established in 1873, primarily as a train- ing-school for teachers of industrial drawing in the public schools, but other students in special branches are admitted. In this building are class and lecture rooms for instruction in architectural and mechanical drawing and modelling in clay, in painting in oil and water-colors, and in other branches. Copley Hall is a large brick building on Trinity Place. It is used principally as a gallery for the society art functions. Exhibitions of art treasures from private galleries, exhibitions of portraits of society's Colonial ancestors, exhibi- tions of John Sargent's pictures, and others, where society ladies poured tea and entertained the fortunate guests, were given last season. Ibuntinciton Hvenuc anb Eyeter Street Cop lev Square Ibotci , 36 o s t o n Museum of Fine Arts is at the corner of St. James Avenue and Dartmouth Street, and faces Copley Square. The architecture is the Italian Gothic, and the material brick, with moldings, copings, and trimmings of red and buff terra- cotta, imported from England. The building forms a quadrangle surrounding an inner court, and, eventually, it is the plan to cover twice the present area by successive extensions toward the south. The institution has been entirely supported by the generosity of its friends, and by private subscriptions. The museum has grown, in about thirty years, to be one of the great museums of the world. In the Eastern art department, particularly Japanese art, its collections are most complete and extensive. Six galleries are devoted to oil pictures and water colors, and these con- tain examples of the most noted of modern painters and of the old masters. This museum is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, free. On other days a fee of twenty-five cents is charged. Ibuntin^ton Hvenue au& 3erctcr Street * * Copley Square Ibotel, 36o0ton % The New Old South, on Boylston, corner Dart- mouth Streets, is one of the most beautiful of Boston's churches. It is built of Roxbury and Ohio stone, in the Northern Italian Gothic style of architecture. It is cruciform, and has a great tower which rises 240 feet. Along the walls is a belt of gray sandstone, on which are carved vines and fruit, among which animals and birds are seen. Over the centre of the edifice rises a large lantern of gilded copper. The present pastor is Rev. George A. Gordon. Ibun tington Bvenu e ant> Eyeter Street Copley Square ilbotel, JSoston * * First Baptist Church, Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Streets. This church building was designed by the late H. H. Richardson. The massive square tower is 176 feet high. On the frieze, between the belfry arches and the cornice, are colossal figures in high re- lief. The groups represent the four Christian eras, Baptism, Communion, Marriage, and Death. The statues at the corners of the tower typify the Angels of the Judgment blowing their trump- ets. The building is in the form of a Greek cross, and the interior is lighted by three rose windows. The Rev. Francis H. Rowley, D. D., is the pastor. Ijuntington Hve n u e a ii& Ejeter Street ^ * Copley Square lb o t e I , 36 o s t o n * * Harvard Medical School, Boylston, corner Exe- ter Streets. Established in 1783. The present building, completed in 1883, is of brick and red sandstone, four stories in height. The features of its broad front, which faces Boylston Street, are the three pavilions, and the sky-line of stone balustrades, and low gables surrounding the flat roof. The interior is admirably arranged. The spacious class-rooms, lecture-rooms, and labora- tories are thoroughly equipped. On the third floor is the Museum of Comparative Anatomy. The original collection for this museum was the gift of Dr. John Collins Warren. The full course of the school is four years. This school has a corps of seventy-five professors and instructors, all of great repute in their specialties. The stand- ard of this school is equal to any in the country. The Faculty of Harvard College have purchased a large tract of land on Huntington Avenue, and within five years will remove the school to the new site. The sum of three million dollars has been appropriated for this work. Ibuntington Hvenuc an& Ercter Street * ^ Cop(e)3 Square 1bote[, 38 o s t o n * ,''|T-iT|aff- The Boston Art Club, corner of Dartmouth and Newbury Streets. The club entrance is on the Newbury Street side, while the public entrance to the art gallery is on the Dartmouth Street front. The building is in the Romanesque style of architecture. This club was organized in 1857. In 1874 the club was reorganized and now num- bers 137 professional and 650 non-professional members. The objects of the club are "to ad- vance the knowledge and love of art through the exhibition of its works of art, the acquisition of books and papers for the purpose of forming an art librarj^, lectures upon subjects pertaining to art, and by other kindred means, and to pro- mote social intercourse among its members." The interior of the house is convenient, sumptu- ous, and inviting. The exhibition gallery, on the second floor, is 18 feet high. The club has a valuable library of works on art and books of reference. Its regular spring, summer, and winter exhibitions are important features of the art season in Boston. * Tbuntlngton Bvenue an& Eyeter Street » •5f ^ Copleys Square lb o t c 1 , 36 o s t o n * « The Boston Young Men's Christian Association occupies a handsome building on the corner of Boylston and Berkeley Streets. The object of this society is to provide a homelike resort, with good influences, for young men. The building contains attractive parlors, reception-rooms, reading, game, and class-rooms, halls for lec- tures, and a thoroughly equipped gymnasium. Membership in this association is open to men over fifteen of any religious belief. This is the oldest Y. M. C. A. in America. It was organized December 2, 1851. Lectures, concerts, recep- tions, sociables, as well as classes in languages and sciences, are provided for the members. Ibuntington Bvenuc an& Eyetcr Street * Copley Square lb o t e 1 , 36 o b t o n * The Boston Athenaeum. The building shown by the illustration is numbered lo Beacon Street. This building is to be sold and a new one erected on Arlington and Newbury Streets, the present location being inconvenient for the members. There is a collection of valuable paintings and statuary in Athenaeum Building, which can be seen by visitors on any week-day without charge. The library is a private one, and can be visited only upon the intro'duction of a member. When erected, this building was pro- nounced the most perfect for its purpose of any in this country. Ibuntington Bvenue an& JEyeter Street Copley Square Ibotel, 3B o t o n Mt. Vernon Church, Beacon Street corner Mas- sachusetts Avenue, is a beautiful stone edifice built in 1890. This society formerly worshipped in the church on Ashburton Place. The society was organized in 1842, chiefly to secure the ser- vices of Edward N. Kirk, D. D., as pastor, whose death, in 1874, closed a lifelong service of thirty- two years, during which time he gathered about him a large and devoted congregation. Samuel E. Herrick, D. D., was installed in 1871 as pas- tor. At the organization of the church it had forty-seven members. Since that time 1,596 have been added. The present membership is 542. Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, first professed religion in this church. Ibuntinaton B venue an& Ejeter Street (Topic? Square *!botc l,36o6ton ^ -X- The Central Church (Congregational Trinita- rian), corner of Berkeley and Newbnry Streets, is a handsome building of Roxbury stone with sandstone trimmings. It cost over $325,000, and was dedicated in 1867. The spire, 236 feet high, is the tallest in the city; and the interior of the church is exceedingly handsome, with most beautiful windows, devotional in design and rich in color. The society first worshipped in the old Federal Street Theatre, and later in a plain church building on Winter Street. W. M. Rogers was the first pastor. The pastor is John Hopkins Denison. Tbuntinyton Hvenuc an& Bjyctcr Street * -^ Copley Square lb o t c ( , 36 o s t o n Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boylston Street between Berkeley and Clarendon Streets, was founded in 1861, and is the leading technical school in the United States. Its prominent fea- ture is the School of Industrial Science, devoted to the teaching of science as applied to the various engineering professions — civil, mechanical, min- ing, electrical, chemical, and sanitary engineer- ings — -as well as to architecture, chemistry, met- allurgy, physics, and geology. Courses of a less technical nature, designed as a preparation for business callings, and in biology, preparatory to the professional study of medicine, are also lb u n 1 1 njtonB venue au& Eyeter Street Copley Square lb o t e 1 , 36 o s t o n given; and the Lowell School of Practical De- sign is maintained by the corporation. The main building of the Institute of Technology, known as the Rogers Building, contains the principal offices of the school. The Walker Building, next beyond, is devoted, mainly, to the departments of physics, chemistry, and electricity. Other buildings are the Architectural Building and the Engineering Building, on Trinity Place; the Workshops, on Garrison Street, with a section devoted to the Lowell School of Design, and the Gymnasium and Drill Hall on Exeter Street. Ibuntington Hvenue aitb 3Eyeter Street * (Eople^ Square Ibotcl, ffioeton nni Iff I New England Conservatory of Music, Hunting- ton Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue. This new building contains seventy class-rooms, two auditoriums, offices, librarj^ and music store. The larger auditorium, with the great organ it contains, is the gift of Mr. Eben D. Jordan. The Conservatory provides the most thorough instruction in all departments of music, also in pianoforte and organ tuning, literature and ex- pression, and modern, languages. The organ school is especially complete in its equipment, and offers opportunities for the study of this instrument that cannot be procured in any other school in the world, twelve pipe organs (in ad- dition to the large organ in Jordan Hall) having been provided for the use of the pupils. The vocal school has also been greatly enlarged, and now includes a finely appointed school of opera, under the direction of a conductor of wide repu- tation, Sig. Oreste Bimboni. "tountington Bvcnue ani) JEyetcr Strce t ^ dofflc^ Square lb o t e 1 , 36 o s t o n Horticultural Hall. This, probably the finest building of its kind in this country, has recently been erected at the corner of Huntington Ave- nue and Massachusetts Avenue. It is the head- quarters of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- ciety, one of the oldest institutions of its kind in the country, dating from 1829. The exterior of the building is massive and elegant in propor- tion. The granite statues of Ceres, surmount- ing the central division of the facade, of Flora on the north buttress of the second story, and of Pomona on the south buttress, were executed by Martin Milmore. On the second and third floors, respectively, are the halls of the society, in which its exhibitions are given. * "bunttn^ton Hvenue an6 Eyctec Street * Copley Square lb o t e 1 , 36 o a t o n The Cadet Armory on Columbus Avenue, a mag- nificent granite structure, recently erected at a cost of half a million dollars, is owned by the First Corps of Cadets, formerly called the Inde- pendent Corps of Cadets, whose commanding officer is Lieut. -Col. Thomas F. Edmands. It was organized in 1741, and has always been the body- guard of his Excellency the Governor. Thomas Hancock was one of its earlier commanders. This is organized as a battalion of four companies of aristocratic young men. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts furnishes the arms and colors car- ried by this corps, but the corps does not accept State clothing nor equipments, preferring to own these as private property, like the picture-gallery, library of military books, relics, furniture, etc., in the armory, and the equipment of the camp- ground at Hingham. This beautiful ground, as well as the armory, is the private property of the corps. Ibuntfnaton Hvcnue an6 Ej-eter Street * ^ dople^ Square Ibotel, Boston w * Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbur}^ Street, near Ar- lington, was founded in 1861. The present church edifice is exteriorlv a very fine example of the quieter type of parish church architecture; it is an enlargement upon the original building, and its interior is perhaps as beautiful as any church in the country of the same kind. The stained glass is particularly beautiful, and the carving of the reredos is a masterpiece. The church is open to visitors every day, except Sunday, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and on Saturday from 9 a. m. to 12 m. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Huntington, of New York, was one of the earlier rectors of this church. The present rector, Rev. Leighton Parks, was in- stalled in 1878. Tbuntingtoti Bvenue au^ Bgcter Street Copleij Square Ibotel, JBoetoi Chickering Hall, Huntington Avenue, was founded by Jonus Chickering, the pioneer piano- forte manufacturer in America, to provide a hall with perfect acoustic properties and in all respects adapted for vocal and instrumental recitals, etc. It is much used for subscription concerts, read- ings, dramatic and other entertainments, to which the general public cannot be admitted. The present building was erected in 1901. The Copley Square Hotel, Huntington Avenue and Exeter Street, Boston, Mass. A high-class modern house. One block from Boston & Al- bany Huntington Avenue Station, and N. Y., N. H. & H. Back Bay Station. Street cars pass door to every part of city and suburbs, and con- nect with every electric system in New England. Fifteen minutes from State Street financial centre. Ten minutes from boot and shoe and wool dis- tricts. Ten minutes' pleasant Walk to exclusive and fashionable shopping district. Fifteen min- utes' walk to all large department stores. tbuntington Bvenue and lExctcr Street Copley Square Ibotcl, 36oston vr * Symphony Hall, Huntington Avenue, corner Massachusetts Avenue, was erected in 1901 to furnish a home for the Symphony Orchestra in place of Music Hall, on Winter Street, where the Symphony Concerts have been given since the organization of the orchestra by Col. Henry L. Higginson, an enthusiastic lover of music and a public-spirited citizen. It has a seating ca- pacity of 2,569. For the accommodation of the audience there are ample doors to the corridor and likewise through the entrances. The main entrance is on Huntington Avenue, with one on Massachusetts Avenue. Two passages, to be used for exits onh^, are at the stage end of the hall. There is room in the corridors and vesti- bules for the entire seating capacity. The in- terior decoration and lighting effects are rich and chaste, and the building is in every respect a perfect work. The Symphon}^ Orchestra is a permanent organization, in which every member is a musician of great reputation; as an orchestra it has not its equal in America, and compares favorably with the best orchestras abroad. Weekly concerts are given in Symphony Hall by these musicians during six months of each year. •?f Ibuntinaton Bvetiue ana Eretcc Street * -x- Copley Square lb o t c 1 , 36 o b t o n * * •4^ &l n^ - !■! BfliiJ The Woman's Club House Corporation was or- ganized to provide a building where the many women's clubs of Boston and vicinity could have suitable accommodation for their various social and business gatherings. A site was purchased on Beacon Street, near Tremont Street, but the location was too far down town, and the site was sold and the estate No. 177 Huntington Ave- nue was bought and a beautiful building erected thereon. * Ibunttngton Hvcnue anb Eyeter Street ^- Coplc? Square Ibotcl, 3Bo0ton _4 THE ALGONQUIN CLUB. Algonquin, 217 Commonwealth Avenue. This is one of the leading social clubs. Its member- ship includes bankers, brokers, merchants, law- yers, etc. It was organized in 1885, and occupies one of the finest and most perfectly appointed club-houses in the city. The exterior, in Italian Renaissance architecture, is of Indiana limestone. The reading-room, library, and billiard-hall are each over eighty feet long, and the dining-rooms and other apartments are convenient and attract- ive. Ibuntinqton Hvcnue ana lEyeter Street * Copley Square lb o t e I , Boston III i i '.^^i The South Congregational (Unitarian) Church, Exeter Street, corner Newbury Street, was organ- ized in 1825 to accommodate Congregationalists who resided in the vicinity of Boylston Market. The first minister was Mr. Mellish Irving Motte, who had formerly been an Episcopal clergyman in Charleston, S. C. His ministry lasted for fifteen years. His successor was Frederick D. Huntington, who, after fifteen years of successful service, left the society to become a professor at Harvard College, and later became an Episcopal bishop. He was succeeded by the present min- ister, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, a graduate of Harvard College, who is one of the most untiring workers among the clergymen of Boston. Ibuntinciton Hvcnue an& Eyeter Street Trinity Church was founded in 1728. The present beautiful church edifice in Copley Square is con- sidered the masterpiece of the great architect, Richardson, and is open to visitors. The archi- tecture is the French Romanesque. Its shape is that of a Latin cross, with a semicircular apse. Phillips Brooks' service as rector covered a period of twenty-two years (1869 — 91). The present rector, Rev., E. \V. Donald, was installed in i8q2. Ijuntinciton Bvenue anb JEycter Street Copley Square lb o t e I , Boston * The Tennis and Racket Club-house, Boylston Street and Hereford Street, has just been com- pleted at a cost of over $500,000. The materials are brick and stone, and the architectural style is novel and strikingly effective. It will be formally opened on January i, 1904. The house measures 152 feet on Boylston Street, and 125 feet on Hereford. It is pronounced by experts to be unexcelled by any club-house in this country or abroad in its ample courts, perfect equipment, and complete and luxurious appointments. This club was organized in 1902, the promoters being gen- tlemen who found the courts of the Boston Ath- letic Association inadequate in number for all who wished to use them, and the purpose of this organization was to provide the best courts that could be constructed, and to limit the club mem- bership to the accommodations. Membership limited to four hundred. The membership in- cludes gentlemen of leisure, merchants, bankers, and professional men, and is representative of the highest types of Boston society. Ibuntington Hvcnue an6 JEycter Street Co p [e qua re Ibotel, Boston Back Bay Station of the N. Y., N. H. & H. Rail- road, locally known as the consolidated, is on Dartmouth Street, one block from Huntington Avenue and Copley Square Hotel. Measures 165 feet on Dartmouth Street, and about 600 feet on Buckingham Street, and covers an area of about two acres. The entire station on the street level is used for passengers and baggage, the trains running under the station. The consolidated road controls all the systems running south and west from Boston (except the B. & A.), and all the Sound lines of steamers. And all the trains, except those on the Cape Cod and Midland Divisions, both coming and going, stop at this station. The convenience of this station is so much appreciated, that a large part of the passen- ger business of the road, except the suburban, is done from here, and even persons living in towns north of the city make use of this to avoid the delays at the South Station. Have baggage for Copley Square Hotel checked to Back Bay Station. » Uunttngton Hvenue anb Eyeter Street •^- ^ Copley Square Ibotcl, Boston The Boston Society of Natural History occu- pies a large brick building, with freestone trim- mings, on Berkeley Street, between Boylston and Newbury Streets. On the first floor are a lecture-room, library, secretary's office, and rooms devoted to geological and mineralogical specimens. On the second floor is a large hall, sixty feet high, with balconies, and several other rooms, in which a grand and valuable collection of birds, shells, insects, plants, skeletons, and other objects of interest are on view. The mu- seum is open to the public Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Boston & Albany R. R. (New York Central) Back Bay R. R. Station is situated on Huntington Avenue, about two minutes' walk from the Copley Square Hotel. Guests arriving over this road should have their baggage checked to Huntington Avenue. Ibuntlniiton Bvenue an& lEyeter Street Coplev Square lb o t e I . 36 o s t o n The Working Union of Progressive Spiritualists occupy the " Spiritual Temple," corner of Exeter and Newbury Streets. This is the first meeting- house for Spiritualists erected in the city. It was built in 1885, and its cost, $250,000, was met by Marcellus J. A^'-er, a wealthy merchant. ELYSIUM CLUB. Elysium Club, 218 Huntington Avenue. This is composed of the leading Hebrew residents of the city. Merchants, bankers, and professional men are largely represented in the membership. The club-house was erected in 1891. It has all the conveniences of the modern club-house, including billiard-rooms, dining-room, library, and the usual social apartments. Ibuntington Hvenue ati5 lEycter Street * * Copley Square 1ft o t e I , Boston * St. Botolph Club, 2 Newbury Street, largely com- posed of professional men. It was organized in 1880, and the purpose of its projectors was to establish a club similar to that of the Century in New York. Among its members are several of the most distinguished of the liberal clergy- men of the city, representative literary men, phy- sicians, journalists, artists, and members of the bar. This club-house has all the features of the modern social club, including restaurant, billiard- room, etc. When exhibitions of oil paintings, water-colors, and sculpture are held in the large art-gallery, admission to these can be had on complimentary ticket of a member. tDuntington Bvenue an& Eyeter Street Cople^g Square Ibotcl, Boston The First Church of Christ, Scientist. The church edifice was erected in 1894. It is a mag- nificent granite structure, has a seating capacity of about 1,200. It cost about $210,000. It is the home of the Mother Church of the Christian Science denomination. When first planned, it was thought to be extravagant in dimensions, as the attendance at that time was only about 600. At the present time, it is utterly inadequate to accommo- date the enormous growth of the local membership ; hence plans are being made for the erection of a new auditorium which shall seat from 4,000 to 5,000 persons. Ibuntington Hveii ue ant> Eyeter Street Copley Square iJbotcl, 3Boston ^ THE COPLEY SQUARE HOTEL. The Copley Square Hotel, Huntington Avenue and Exeter Street, Boston, Mass. A high-class modern house. One block from Boston & Albany Huntington Avenue Station, and N. Y., N. H. & H. Back Bay Station. Street cars pass the door to every part of city and suburbs, and connect with every electric system in New England. Fifteen minutes from State Street financial cen- tre. Ten minutes from boot and shoe and wool districts. Ten minutes' pleasant walk to ex- clusive and fashionable shopping district. Fifteen minutes' walk to large department stores. This house is located on the highest elevation of one of Boston's most beautiful avenues. The street fronts, with southern and western exposures, make the rooms cheerful and bright at all times, and during summer the prevailing southwest winds cause the occupant to be cool and com- fortable. 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