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| Address | 11001 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°30′23″N 81°36′34″W / 41.50639°N 81.60944°W |
| Owner | Musical Arts Association |
| Operator | Cleveland Orchestra |
| Capacity | Concert hall: 2,000 Reinberger Chamber Hall: 402 |
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| Opened | February 5, 1931 |
| Reopened | 2000 |
| Architect | Walker and Weeks |
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Severance Hall, also known as Severance Music Center,[1] 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.[2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of Cleveland’s Wade Park District.[3]
In addition to serving as the Cleveland Orchestra’s home and as a commencement site for Case Western Reserve University, Severance Hall is available to rent for concerts, weddings, corporate events, and receptions. On Severance Hall’s ground floor is Reinberger Chamber Hall, a separate 402-seat auditorium that is frequently used for more intimate performances and pre-concert lectures.
- ^ "Queue-it".
- ^ Rosenberg, Donald (2000). The Cleveland Orchestra Story: Second to None. Cleveland: Gray & Company. pp. 104.
- ^ Cash, Bobby "Teaching & Learning Cleveland | Severance Hall Historical Site". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-07-10., "Severance Hall Historical Site," in Teaching & Learning Cleveland, Item #564. February 2009.