During the following seasons, the Orchestra continued to achieve a number of professional milestones: a concert at the Hippodrome Theatre in New York (1921), tours across Ohio and Michigan, a first concert at Carnegie Hall (1922), and a first recording, of Tchaikovsky’s "1812 Overture", on the Brunswick label (1924).  By the end of the decade, Hughes became preoccupied with the construction of a permanent home for the Orchestra.  For years, the ensemble’s concerts had been performed at Grays Armory, Masonic Auditorium, and Public Hall.  But now Hughes was soliciting funds from public guarantors and members of the Musical Arts Association to support the construction of a new hall for The Cleveland Orchestra.  Eventually, in a surprise announcement at a concert in 1928, John L. Severance and his wife, Elisabeth, pledged $1 million toward the building.