Markham Village Town Hall

Markham Village Town Hall
Location in southern Ontario
Former names Old Town Hall, Towne Cinema
General information
Architectural style Italianate architecture
Address 96 Main Street North
Town or city Markham, Ontario
Country Canada
Coordinates 43°52′39″N 79°15′40″W / 43.877429°N 79.260987°W / 43.877429; -79.260987Coordinates: 43°52′39″N 79°15′40″W / 43.877429°N 79.260987°W / 43.877429; -79.260987
Elevation 179 metres (587 ft)[1]
Inaugurated 1882-01-16
Client Town of Markham
Design and construction
Main contractor John Wilson
Designations Heritage site under the Ontario Heritage Act

Markham Village Town Hall, also called Old Town Hall, is a building at 96 Main Street North in Markham, Ontario, Canada, and was the home to Markham Town Council from 1882 until it moved to a location on Woodbine Avenue. It was built in 1882 by local builder John Wilson in an Italianate architecture style, with brick, from a local brickyard, laid by mason Joseph Sampson.[2]

Besides council chambers the building was home to a local jail, and to Masonic and Oddfellow Lodges.[3]

The building was sold in 1946, was a cinema until 1980 until it was reconstructed to its original facade and modified internal structure by Tony Baggio. It as of March 2016 houses business offices as one of many historically preserved buildings on Main Street Markham.[2] It was designated a heritage site under the Ontario Heritage Act on April 23, 1985.[2] The designation lists the following the features (excerpted from reference[2]):

See also

References

  1. ↑ Taken from Google Earth at building coordinates. Accessed 2016-03-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Old Town Hall". Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ "96 Main Street North". Main Street Markham. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
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