[1] The east (front) facade is faced in green marble at street level, making it unusually decorative for a Second Empire building and one of the most ornate in Cohoes.

[1] Two local businessmen, newspaper owner James Masten and miller William Acheson, partnered to build the Music Hall in 1874.

[4] They leased the space on the ground floors to stores and other businesses to provide extra income, starting with the local post office.

[4] Performers who played the building over the years included Sarah Bernhardt, Buffalo Bill Cody, George M. Cohan, Jimmy Durante, Lillian Russell, John Philip Sousa, General Tom Thumb and then-Cohoes native Eva Tanguay (supposedly booed on her first appearance[4]).

[4] By the middle of the 20th century, as the city declined along with its textile industries and the Erie Canal, the Music Hall had begun to deteriorate and fall into disuse.

[4] The Music Hall has been managed by a number of organizations throughout the early 21st Century, including CR Productions and Albany's Palace Performing Arts Center.