Address 96 Main Street North Completed 1881 (1881) Main contractor John Wilson Opened 1881 Architectural style Italianate architecture | Country Canada Client Town of Markham Elevation 179 m Town or city Markham Inaugurated 16 January 1882 | |
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Former names Old Town Hall, Towne Cinema Similar Langham Square, Frederick Horsman Varley Art, Heintzman House, Markham Fair, Fletcher's Fields | ||
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.
Besides council chambers the building was home to a local jail, and to Masonic and Oddfellow Lodges.
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. It was designated a heritage site under the Ontario Heritage Act on April 23, 1985. The designation lists the following the features (excerpted from reference):