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Symphony Hall, Boston
Symphony Hall
is a
concert hall
located at 301
Massachusetts Avenue
in
Boston, Massachusetts
. Designed by
McKim, Mead and White
, it was built in 1900 for the
Boston Symphony Orchestra
, which continues to make the hall its home. The hall was designated a U.S.
National Historic Landmark
in 1999. It was then noted that "Symphony Hall remains, acoustically, among the top three concert halls in the world ... and is considered the finest in the United States." Symphony Hall, located one block from
Berklee College of Music
to the north and one block from the
New England Conservatory
to the south, also serves as home to the
Boston Pops Orchestra
as well as the site of many concerts of the
Handel and Haydn Society
.
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