Union Hall was located at 2nd & Lawrence
IR denotes Ironton Register Newspaper
IR Aug. 1884 – Union Hall was built in 1853, by a joint-stock company. Dr. Egerton was the architect. The Masons had a contract to rent the third story when completed and took possession with great formalities on the 24th of June 1854. Exchange Block erected at the same time.
IR Dec. 20, 1855 – O. J. Hopkins was located at No. 22, Union Hall, corner of Second and Lawrence streets. He was advertising the sale of “Star Corn and Cob Mill.”
IR Dec. 8, 1859 – Union Hall. – Ironton can now boast of one of the prettiest and neat Public Halls in the country. Union Hall, so long in an unfinished condition, was sold last summer, to a new company, which went to work to complete it, and it is now nearly ready for opening – will be ready in course of a week or two. The company now owns it, is styled D. S. Murdock & Co.” and consists of D. S. & T. I. Murdock, James Rodgers, Samuel W. Dempsey, John Ellison, and John Campbell.
The building is 96 feet in length by 44 feet wide. The first story is taken up by two storerooms, the second by the Public Hall; and the third, which was handsomely finished and furnished about four years ago, is the Masonic Hall.
The “Union Hall,” just now being completed, is the design of its finish is plain, yet neat and tasty – that plan of W. E. R. Kemp who did the carpenter work. The stage is raised about three feet, across the end opposite the entrance, inclined a little to the audience, is 16 feet wide, and the front is ornamented with a beautiful arch. The audience room, but two broad aisles, convenient for entrances and exits, and is seated with stationary ____, so fixed through the center, between the two slates, that they can readily be removed if it is wanted.
The sight in the audience room is all clear, save for three small iron pillars. At the entrance, there is ample standing room at the head of the stairs, with an anteroom on one side of the main doorway to the Hall; and over this part across the entrance end of the building is a gallery, which contains very eligible seats. All about the Hall is roomy and it will comfortably seat, the regular _____ 700 people – in case of a “crowd,” 1,000 people can find room in the Hall, and from that up to any required density that can be suffered.
The plastering is a good job done by John Sloat and Jerry Jamison, and the painting is very neat and shows- principally beautifully grained work; the windows will be frosted and ornamental and hung just right for easy ventilation.
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