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Peterborough Town Hall
The Town Hall in 2017
Location108 Main Street
Peterborough SA 5422
Coordinates32°58′24″S 138°50′18″E / 32.9734°S 138.8382°E / -32.9734; 138.8382
Built1927
ArchitectC. Smith
Governing bodyDistrict 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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Buildings". Peterborough Festival. Archived from the original on 8 December 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. Vol. II, no. 74. South Australia. 4 January 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  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.
  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.
  6. ^ "The Petersburg Town Hall". South Australian Register. Vol. LIX, no. 14, 855. 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. Vol. VIII, no. 373. South Australia. 5 October 1894. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL". The Register. Vol. XC, no. 26, 493. South Australia. 24 November 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Peterborough Town Hall". The News. Vol. VI, no. 865. South Australia. 22 April 1926. p. 15 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ a b "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL". The News. Vol. VI, no. 906. South Australia. 9 June 1926. p. 9 (SPORTING EDITION). Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Architect Details: Christopher (Chris) Arthur". Architects of South Australia. University of South Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Town Hall Declared to be Safe". Transcontinental. South Australia. 27 October 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL". The News. Vol. IX, no. 1, 341. South Australia. 1 November 1927. p. 2 (FINAL EDITION). Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "PETERBOROUGH". The Advertiser. South Australia. 18 November 1927. p. 20. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "PETERBOROUGH TOWN HALL". The Chronicle. Vol. LXX, no. 3, 801. South Australia. 5 November 1927. p. 52. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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