Boylston Market

Boylston Hall occupied the third floor of the building, and functioned as a performance and meeting space.

[2] The new building "was named to honor the benevolent and philanthropic Ward Nicholas Boylston"[3] Construction began in April, 1810, and was completed the same year.

"[5] "In 1870 the solid brick structure was moved back from the street eleven feet without disturbing the occupants.

"[6] Early tenants included the Linnaean Society of New England, and Edward Savage's New York Museum, c. 1812, both "handsomely fitted with natural and artificial curiosities.

[17] Poet John Pierpont refers to the Boylston Market in his 1840 poem "The Drunkard's Funeral.