Thanks to a $600,000 gift from the Corbett Foundation, disabled patrons will no longer have to take a freight elevator to go upstairs at Music Hall.

        A passenger elevator funded by the Corbett Foundation will be installed on the north side of Music Hall's lobby, the Society for the Preservation of Music Hall announced Tuesday.

        Construction is to begin in June and be completed in time for the fall concert season.

        Music Hall, built in 1878, has never had a passenger elevator.

        “It will open up the entire hall to people who have been unable to go beyond the first floor,” said Karen McKim, executive director of the Corbett Foundation. “It's not just for people who use wheelchairs, but for anyone with mobility issues.”

        The Corbett Foundation, founded by philanthropists J. Ralph Corbett and Patricia A. Corbett, has poured more than $7 million into preserving and renovating Music Hall since the 1960s.

        The Society for the Preservation of Music Hall was established in 1992 to provide volunteer and financial support.

        The hall, which is owned by the city and managed by the Cincinnati Arts Association, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975.

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