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	History of Freeland, Pa. Halls and meeting rooms
	What's on this page: How were these halls used? Partial list, locations, descriptions On related pages: Cottage Hotel and Haas Hall Cross Creek Hall, Drifton Donop's Hall Freeland Auditorium - see Krell's Hall Freeland Hall / P.O.S. of A. building Grand Opera House Harmony Hall, South Heberton Highland Hall - no information at present Jeddo Casino, Jeddo Krell's Hall Lindsay Hall Passarella building Remak meeting room Tigers Club Room Timony Hall Washington Hall / Hotel - on Hotels page (in progress) Yannes Opera House Y.M.C.A. Zemany Hall Hotels 1895 city directory list of organizations and their meeting schedules and locations 1896 city directory list of organizations and their meeting schedules and locations 1897 city directory list of organizations and their meeting schedules and locations Use of halls and meeting rooms in the Freeland area for various purposes – social, cultural, political, athletic, religious, music, theatric, civic – goes back to our earliest days. This page looks at a number of halls and meeting rooms in Freeland, and also a few halls in South Heberton, Jeddo, Drifton, and the Y.M.C.A. in Sandy Run. Sadly we don’t have pictures of most of them, but at least we have some information about most of them. If you can share additional information or images for this page, please let me know. How were these halls used? Here are some examples: Cottage Hotel and Haas Hall, Washington Street – social, cultural Cross Creek Hall, Drifton – social, cultural, educational (first MMI location) Donop’s Hall, Ridge and Walnut Streets – social, cultural, religious Freeland Auditorium, Front and Washington Streets – social, cultural, athletic (see Krell's Hall) Freeland Hall, Centre Street – social, cultural, patriotic, political (built for P. O. S. of A.) Grand Opera House, Ridge Street – social, cultural, musical, theatrical Harmony Hall, South Heberton – hotel, social Haas Hall, at the Cottage Hotel, Washington and Main Streets – hotel, social, musical, cultural Highland Hall, Highland – social Jeddo Casino, Jeddo – social, cultural, musical, athletic, civic Krell’s Hall, Front and Washington Streets – social, cultural, musical, theatric, athletic Lindsay Hall, Front and Washington Streets – social, religious, fraternal, civic Passarella building, 46-48 [later renumbered 528] Centre Street – business, political, educational (second MMI location) Remak building meeting room, Main Street – business, social, political Tigers Club Room, Walnut Street – social, cultural, athletic Timony Hall, South Street – social, cultural, athletic Town Hall – civic (see Donop's Hall) Washington Hall (Albert Goeppert, Washington Hotel), Walnut Street – hotel, social Yannes Opera House, Front and Washington Streets – social, cultural, musical, theatrical Y.M.C.A., Front Street – social, religious, athletic, cultural, civic Zemany Hall, Main Street – social (Young Men’s T.A.B. Society meetings, reading room in 1890)

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