Markham Village Town Hall

Heritage site in Ontario, Canada
43°52′39″N 79°15′40″W / 43.877429°N 79.260987°W / 43.877429; -79.260987Elevation179 metres (587 ft)[1]Completed1881 (1881)Inaugurated1882-01-16ClientTown of MarkhamDesign and constructionMain contractorJohn WilsonDesignationsHeritage 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 CPEng. As of March 2016[update], it housed business offices and was 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]):

  • two storey coral brick exterior
  • shed roof
  • entrance with semi-circular fanlight and voussoirs of yellow brick
  • yellow brick detailing in voussoirs and joining string courses
  • decorated cornice
  • heavy timber truss supporting second storey and roof
  • round headed windows
  • reconstructed brick chimneys

See also

  • Markham Civic Centre

References

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