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Copley Square Hotel was the election headquarters for President William McKinley, and has hosted many celebrities including sports legend Babe Ruth and jazz artists Sydney Bechet, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington in the Storyville Jazz Club.
COPLEY
SQUARE
Copley Square was named in honor of John Singleton Copley, the American painter, and is bordered by the Boston Public Library, Trinity Church, and Old South Church.
A significant number of important Boston educational and cultural institutions were originally located adjacent to (or very near) Copley Square, reflecting 19th-century Boston's aspirations for the location as a center of culture and progress.
A RICH HISTORY
Built in 1891 on Huntington Avenue and Exeter Street, Copley Square Hotel has the distinction of being the city’s second-oldest hotel in continuous operation.
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