 In 1850, under the leadership of member Dr. Jabez Upham, the association raised in sixty days the sum of US$100,000 to build a new Music Hall between Tremont and Washington Streets.This hall, seating over two thousand, was dedicated by Jenny Lind in 1852.Ten years later the members of the association raised an additional $60,000 to install in the hall an organ built in Germany by Walcker.