Serance Hall Portraits

Severance Hall, also known as Severance Music Center, is a concert hall in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, home to the Cleveland Orchestra. Opened in 1931 to give the orchestra a permanent home, the building is named for patrons John L. Severance and his wife, Elisabeth Huntingdon DeWitt Severance. It is listed on the National R…
Severance Hall, also known as Severance Music Center, is a concert hall in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, home to the Cleveland Orchestra. Opened in 1931 to give the orchestra a permanent home, the building is named for patrons John L. Severance and his wife, Elisabeth Huntingdon DeWitt Severance. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of Cleveland’s Wade Park District.
  • Owner: Musical Arts Association
  • Capacity: Concert hall: 2,000 · Reinberger Chamber Hall: 402
  • Opened: February 5, 1931
  • Architect: Walker and Weeks
  • Address: 11001 Euclid Avenue · Cleveland, Ohio · United States
  • Operator: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Reopened: 2000
Data from: en.wikipedia.org