Venue Information

Event venue in New York City, United States. Rentable historic event venue with seating for 864 and capacity for over 900. Includes stage & green room, state-of-the-art audio system and HD cameras. Space supports performances, lectures, panels and conventions. An integral part of U.S. and New York City history, this pre-Civil-War hall has long been a space for civic eduction and entertainment made famous by Abraham Lincoln's "Right Makes Might" speech that catapulted him into a nationally-electable presidential candidate. It also was the location for the birth of the NAACP, the women's suffragist movement and the American Red Cross.