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The '''Peterborough Town Hall''' is a heritage-listed [[town hall]] at 110 Main Street, [[Peterborough, South Australia|Peterborough]], [[South Australia]]. It was built in 1927, and was added to the [[South Australian Heritage Register]] on 21 October 1993.<ref name="buildings">{{cite web | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208122608/http://www.ourpeterboroughsouthaustralia.com.au/buildings.htm | title=Buildings | publisher=Peterborough Festival | accessdate=18 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16001 | title=Peterborough Town Hall | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=18 March 2016}}</ref>
The '''Peterborough Town Hall''' is a heritage-listed [[town hall]] at 110 Main Street, [[Peterborough, South Australia|Peterborough]], [[South Australia]]. It was built in 1927, and was added to the [[South Australian Heritage Register]] on 21 October 1993.<ref name="buildings">{{cite web|url=http://www.ourpeterboroughsouthaustralia.com.au/buildings.htm |title=Buildings |publisher=Peterborough Festival |accessdate=18 March 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208122608/http://www.ourpeterboroughsouthaustralia.com.au/buildings.htm |archivedate=December 8, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=16001 | title=Peterborough Town Hall | publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources | work=South Australian Heritage Register | accessdate=18 March 2016}}</ref>


The first town hall in Peterborough was the former Petersburg Institute building, which was transferred to the [[Corporate Town of Peterborough|Corporate Town of Petersburg]] for use as a town hall in 1889.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109492755 |title=THE PETERSBURG INSTITUTE. |newspaper=[[Petersburg Times]] |volume=II, |issue=74 |location=South Australia |date=4 January 1889 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Though it had been expected that the building would need alterations for this purpose, these took some years to occur.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110268172 |title=The Town Hall Stage. |newspaper=[[Petersburg Times]] |volume=IV, |issue=159 |location=South Australia |date=22 August 1890 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> They were eventually approved by a ratepayer ballot on 29 December 1893.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92860221 |title=ADDITIONS TO THE PETERSBURG TOWN HALL. |newspaper=[[South Australian Chronicle]] |volume=XXXVI, |issue=1,846 |location=South Australia |date=6 January 1894 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53705382 |title=THE PETERSBURG TOWN HALL. |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |volume=LIX, |issue=14,855 |location=South Australia |date=23 June 1894 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25742637 |title=PETERSBURG TOWN HALL. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser]] |location=South Australia |date=23 November 1894 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It reopened to the public in September 1894.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110240094 |title=Dramatic Entertainment. |newspaper=[[Petersburg Times]] |volume=VIII, |issue=373 |location=South Australia |date=5 October 1894 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60639487 |title=PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)]] |volume=XC, |issue=26,493 |location=South Australia |date=24 November 1925 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129765552 |title=Peterborough Town Hall |newspaper=[[News]] |volume=VI, |issue=865 |location=South Australia |date=22 April 1926 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=15 (HOME EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129776629 |title=PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL |newspaper=[[News]] |volume=VI, |issue=906 |location=South Australia |date=9 June 1926 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=9 (SPORTING EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The first town hall in Peterborough was the former Petersburg Institute building, which was transferred to the [[Corporate Town of Peterborough|Corporate Town of Petersburg]] for use as a town hall in 1889.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109492755 |title=THE PETERSBURG INSTITUTE. |newspaper=[[Petersburg Times]] |volume=II, |issue=74 |location=South Australia |date=4 January 1889 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Though it had been expected that the building would need alterations for this purpose, these took some years to occur.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110268172 |title=The Town Hall Stage. |newspaper=[[Petersburg Times]] |volume=IV, |issue=159 |location=South Australia |date=22 August 1890 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> They were eventually approved by a ratepayer ballot on 29 December 1893.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92860221 |title=ADDITIONS TO THE PETERSBURG TOWN HALL. |newspaper=[[South Australian Chronicle]] |volume=XXXVI, |issue=1,846 |location=South Australia |date=6 January 1894 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53705382 |title=THE PETERSBURG TOWN HALL. |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |volume=LIX, |issue=14,855 |location=South Australia |date=23 June 1894 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25742637 |title=PETERSBURG TOWN HALL. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser]] |location=South Australia |date=23 November 1894 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It reopened to the public in September 1894.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110240094 |title=Dramatic Entertainment. |newspaper=[[Petersburg Times]] |volume=VIII, |issue=373 |location=South Australia |date=5 October 1894 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60639487 |title=PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)]] |volume=XC, |issue=26,493 |location=South Australia |date=24 November 1925 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129765552 |title=Peterborough Town Hall |newspaper=[[News]] |volume=VI, |issue=865 |location=South Australia |date=22 April 1926 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=15 (HOME EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129776629 |title=PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL |newspaper=[[News]] |volume=VI, |issue=906 |location=South Australia |date=9 June 1926 |accessdate=18 March 2016 |page=9 (SPORTING EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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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. ^ a b c d "Buildings". Peterborough Festival. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  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. Vol. II, , no. 74. South Australia. 4 January 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. ^ "The Town Hall Stage". Petersburg Times. Vol. IV, , no. 159. South Australia. 22 August 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ^ "ADDITIONS TO THE PETERSBURG TOWN HALL". South Australian Chronicle. Vol. XXXVI, , no. 1, 846. South Australia. 6 January 1894. p. 20. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  6. ^ "THE PETERSBURG TOWN HALL". South Australian Register. Vol. LIX, , no. 14, 855. South Australia. 23 June 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  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. Vol. VIII, , no. 373. South Australia. 5 October 1894. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  9. ^ "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. XC, , no. 26, 493. South Australia. 24 November 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  10. ^ "Peterborough Town Hall". News. Vol. VI, , no. 865. South Australia. 22 April 1926. p. 15 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  11. ^ a b "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL". News. Vol. VI, , no. 906. South Australia. 9 June 1926. p. 9 (SPORTING EDITION). Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  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. Vol. LXXXIV, , no. 7, 062. South Australia. 2 April 1927. p. 19. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  14. ^ "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL". News. Vol. IX, , no. 1, 341. South Australia. 1 November 1927. p. 2 (FINAL EDITION). Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  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. Vol. LXX, , no. 3, 801. South Australia. 5 November 1927. p. 52. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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