Tuckerman Hall

Tuckerman Hall

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Tuckerman Hall is located on the corner of Salisbury Street and Tuckerman Street of Worcester Massachusetts. It is profound to be one of the city’s historical buildings which it still continues to serve the same purpose as it did back in the eighteenth century; provide entertainment. A brief history behind this building is that in the 1880s it was named by The Woman’s Club of Worcester which was an organization led by a group of 22 women. This organization took in unfortunate woman and children in which they promoted educational reforms and fostered health improvements for the populace. Once this organization became more popular they could not afford nor have the space for about 600 new members and needed a new place to run their organization. Until one day in the year of 1898 a young successful and generous man by the name of Stephen Salisbury III founder of the Worcester Art Museum donated a triangular parcel of his land which coincidently is adjacent to his museum to the Worcester Woman’s Club. This was a new beginning for both the members of this organization as well as the society of Worcester. This new hall brought many well known speakers from across the country and around the world such as President Woodrow Wilson and President John F. Kennedy.

In the year of 1975 a reluctant decision by Worcester Woman's Club Directors, the Worcester Woman's Club building was sold. Although the Woman’s Club no longer existed this did not mean that the building would go without existence. It was later renamed Tuckerman Hall which was named after Stephen Salisbury’s grandmother, Elizabeth Tuckerman to keep the club firmly rooted within the community of Worcester. To this day the buildings’ restoration remains precise and continues to be used for entertainment including Weddings. The architect of the building on the outside is clean cut with cream-colored white doors and rotundas at all corners of the building. It also appears to be symmetric which an unusual characteristic of a building is. As for the inside of the building, in each of the rotunda rooms there is a fireplace with every one being different than another. Such as below the mantel there is a different design of tiles which gives each room a personality. Also at one end of the building there appears to be a small study room which is significant back to the 1880s when the Woman’s Club was active. In the main part of the building where the main stage is located it is in a wide open space with magnificence high ceilings with gold-trimmed shapes and a golden chandelier hanging above the stage.

Sources of Information:
http://www.tuckermanhall.org/holycross/tuckerman.htm http://www.tuckermanhall.org/frameset.html?tuckermanhome.html

Tenley Lien

Photo #1: Exterior of Tuckerman Hall
Exterior of Tuckerman Hall by Tenley Lien is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
Photo #2: Exterior of Tuckerman Hall 2
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Photo #3: Fireplace
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Photo #4: Study Room
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Photo #5: Tuckerman Symphony Orchestra Stage
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