Hibernian Hall

The Roxbury Center for Art, Culture and Trade at Hibernian Hall is a thriving new center for the arts housed in a once-abandoned, historic dance hall.

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Photo by Willard Traub

This redevelopment of an historic social hall, first built by the Ancient Order of Hibernians in the Dudley Square district of Boston' Roxbury neighborhood, was undertaken in partnership with Madison Park Development Corporation and it Arts, Culture, Trade Roxbury Consortium. The effort created an arts-oriented complex of retail, office, gallery, performance and gathering spaces in this historic structure, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Funding for this exciting new cultural resource included CDBG funds from the City of Boston, equity from the sale of Federal and State Historic Tax Credits and New Market Tax Credits, permanent financing from Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation, grants from a number of foundations and public trusts including the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, LISC, the Ford Foundation, and the Herman Miller Foundation, and proceeds from Madison Park's first major capital campaign. New Atlantic served as developer for Hibernian Hall, which opened its doors in January 2005. The project architect was ICON architecture, inc. and CWC Builders, Inc. was the general contractor.