{"nrhp_refnum":"04000534","name":"Hibernian Hall","other_names":["Hibernian Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"182-186 Dudley St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.32863080900006,"lon":-71.08192205099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","European","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hibernian Hall is a four-story Panel Brick building at 182-186 Dudley Street in the Roxbury section of Boston, built in 1913 for the Hibernian Building Association of Boston Highlands. It was designed by architect Edward T.P. Graham.","why_significant":"It is the first Hibernian building in Roxbury, a lodge for fourteen divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and four of the Ladies' Auxiliary, and one of only two surviving Irish dance halls near Dudley Square. It is also a well-preserved example of early 20th century Panel Brick commercial architecture by a prominent, prolific Boston architect.","narrative":"Built in 1913 on Dudley Street in Roxbury, Boston, Hibernian Hall served as a lodge for fourteen divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and four divisions of the Ladies' Auxiliary. It was the first Hibernian building in the neighborhood and one of six Irish dance halls near Dudley Square, of which only it and Palladio Hall survive. Boston architect Edward T.P. Graham designed the four-story brick building, trimmed in stone and cast stone, with a large concert hall on the upper floors. The hall hosted dances well into the early 1960s, during a second wave of Irish immigration. As the Irish population declined, the property changed hands, and from 1967 it housed a job training program for the African-American community until operations ended in 1989. It was boarded up in 1992. The building is recognized for its association with Roxbury's Irish community and as a well-preserved example of early twentieth century commercial architecture.","period_of_significance":"1913-1954","architect_builder":"Architect: Edward T.P. Graham; Builder: Joseph M. Dolan","architectural_style":"Other/Panel Brick","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant/not in use; boarded and secured in 1992 after the last occupant ceased operations in 1989. The interior has been damaged by vandalism, water penetration and neglect.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.725352-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/7968/63796869/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/04000534.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000534/b59d8c5991-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000534/b59d8c5991-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Hibernian_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Hibernian_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796869","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernian_Hall_(Boston,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5750736"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/hibernian-hall-04000534/"}