Peterborough Town Hall

The Peterborough Town Hall is a heritage-listed town hall at 110 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]

C. Smith, 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][12] The foundation stone for the new hall was laid on 23 March 1927.[13] A loan was authorised in October to allow the council to complete payments on the new hall.[14] 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."[15] 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.[16] 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Buildings". Peterborough Festival. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Peterborough Town Hall". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "THE PETERSBURG INSTITUTE.". Petersburg Times. II, (74). South Australia. 4 January 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "The Town Hall Stage.". Petersburg Times. IV, (159). South Australia. 22 August 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "ADDITIONS TO THE PETERSBURG TOWN HALL.". South Australian Chronicle. XXXVI, (1,846). South Australia. 6 January 1894. p. 20. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "THE PETERSBURG TOWN HALL.". South Australian Register. LIX, (14,855). South Australia. 23 June 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "PETERSBURG TOWN HALL.". The Advertiser. South Australia. 23 November 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Dramatic Entertainment.". Petersburg Times. VIII, (373). South Australia. 5 October 1894. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL.". The Register (Adelaide). XC, (26,493). South Australia. 24 November 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Peterborough Town Hall". News. VI, (865). South Australia. 22 April 1926. p. 15 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. 1 2 "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL". News. VI, (906). South Australia. 9 June 1926. p. 9 (SPORTING EDITION). Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Town Hall Declared to be Safe". Transcontinental. South Australia. 27 October 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL.". Observer. LXXXIV, (7,062). South Australia. 2 April 1927. p. 19. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL". News. IX, (1,341). South Australia. 1 November 1927. p. 2 (FINAL EDITION). Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ↑ "PETERBOROUGH.". The Advertiser. South Australia. 18 November 1927. p. 20. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ↑ "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL.". Chronicle. LXX, (3,801). South Australia. 5 November 1927. p. 52. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Coordinates: 32°58′24″S 138°50′18″E / 32.9734°S 138.8382°E / -32.9734; 138.8382

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