Box Hill Town Hall
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Box Hill Town Hall is a landmark civic building located on Whitehorse Road in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia.
Designed in the Neo-Grec style by architects JS Gawler and JCA Isbett, the town hall was constructed between 1934 and 1935. It was the administrative and community headquarters of the City of Box Hill prior to that city’s absorption into the newly created City of Whitehorse in 1994.
The town hall is described as having “regional architectural , historic and social importance” by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). Its imposing façade has been utilised by the television series Neighbours as the external setting for the court house in the fictional town of “Erinsborough” .
There are two dates engraved on the town hall’s portico – 1927, the year Box Hill was proclaimed a city, and 1994, when the City of Box Hill became part of the City of Whitehorse. The seal of the former City is also prominently displayed.
The interior includes a grand hall as well as other community and meeting spaces which have been utilised for meetings, conferences and computer swap meets as well as private events.
The town hall is about to undergo a $5 million redevelopment as a hub for community based services and programs and a home for the City of Whitehorse arts and historical collections.
[edit] References
[edit] See also
| Town Halls of Melbourne | |
|---|---|
| Town Halls | Box Hill | Brighton | Brunswick | Camberwell | Coburg | Collingwood | Dandenong | Fitzroy | Hawthorn | Footscray | Glen Eira | Heidelberg | Kensington | Kew | Malvern | Melbourne | Moonee Ponds | Moorabin | Northcote | North Melbourne | Oakleigh | Port Melbourne | Prahran | Preston | Richmond | South Melbourne | St Kilda | Williamstown |
