Peterborough Town Hall, South Australia

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Peterborough Town Hall
Peterborough Town Hall, South Australia, 2017 (02).jpg
The Town Hall in 2017
Location108 Main Street
Peterborough SA 5422
Coordinates 32°58′24″S138°50′18″E / 32.9734°S 138.8382°E / -32.9734; 138.8382 Coordinates: 32°58′24″S138°50′18″E / 32.9734°S 138.8382°E / -32.9734; 138.8382
Built1927
ArchitectC. Smith
Governing body District Council of Peterborough
TypeState Heritage Place
Designated21 October 1993
Reference no.16001

The Peterborough Town Hall is a heritage-listed town hall at 108 Main Street, Peterborough, South Australia. It was built in 1927, and was added to the South Australian Heritage Register on 21 October 1993. [1] [2]

The first town hall in Peterborough was the former Petersburg Institute building, which was transferred to the Corporate Town of Petersburg for use as a town hall in 1889. [3] Though it had been expected that the building would need alterations for this purpose, these took some years to occur. [4] They were eventually approved by a ratepayer ballot on 29 December 1893. [5] The additions provided for a new stage and dressing rooms, new library and reading room in front, a council chamber and clerk's office, and a new classical facade replacing the previous "blank wall", at a cost of £1,200. [6] [7] It reopened to the public in September 1894. [8] By 1925, however, the former institute building was seen as inadequate, with no alterations having been made in thirty years, and by the following year the council was investigating options for constructing a new building. [9] [10] [11]

Christopher Arthur Smith, [12] an architect who designed a number of South Australian public buildings, had completed a design for the new hall by June 1926: located adjacent to the old hall, it was to have five office fronts, a subscribers' room, a public reading room, a town clerk's office, a council chamber, and a hall seating 1,100 to 1,200 people, at an expected cost of £11,705. [1] [11] [13] The foundation stone for the new hall was laid on 23 March 1927. [14] A loan was authorised in October to allow the council to complete payments on the new hall. [15] It was officially opened on 15 November 1927. MP George Jenkins described it as "the finest hall he had seen in any town of the same size." [16] The council had planned to sell the former hall to cover the costs of the new hall, but failed to reach the desired price and initially leased it out instead. [17] The final cost came to £13,961.0.6. [1]

The building continues to be used by its successor council, the District Council of Peterborough. The former hall also survives; however, it is now a private residence. [1]

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