The Town Hall

New York, NY

Performance History

Venue Info

Built: 1921
Venue Status: year not entered yet
Demolished: year not entered yet
Seating Capacity: 1495

Location Info

123 West 43rd St.
New York, NY
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Other Names

  • The Town Hall (1921)
  • The Hall (unknown)
  • Town Hall (unknown)

Trivia & History

In 1987, Town Hall was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Comission, and in 2012 was added to the list of National Historic Landmarks.


Revolutionary in its construction, there are no box seats or columns. Thus, the auditorium has no obsctructed views.


The auditorium was immediately in demand for theatre, concerts, lectures and speaking engagements. Theodore Roosevelt, Booker T. Washington, Margaret Sanger, Buckminster Fuller, Winston Churchill, and Woodrow Wilson all spoke there.

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