Petersham Town Hall

The Petersham Town Hall is an Australian heritage-listed town hall located at 107 Crystal Street in Petersham, a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney. It was built in 1937–38 in the Inter-War Stripped Classical architectural style by architects Rudder & Grout, and replaced the first Petersham Town Hall on the site, which was designed in the Victorian Rennaissance Revival style by Thomas Rowe in 1880–1882. The Town Hall was the seat of Petersham Municipal Council from 1938 to 1948 and from 1948 to 1974 was the seat of the Municipality of Marrickville, which absorbed Petersham. When the council moved to new offices across the street in 1974, the town hall has primarily been used as a meeting hall, community centre, filming location and archival office.

Petersham Town Hall
Petersham Town Hall in 2006.
General information
TypeGovernment town hall
Architectural styleInter-War Stripped Classical
Address107 Crystal Street
Town or cityPetersham, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Coordinates33.8949°S 151.1574°E / -33.8949; 151.1574
Construction started1937
Completed1938
ClientPetersham Municipal Council
OwnerInner West Council (current)
Design and construction
Architecture firmRudder & Grout
Main contractorHutcherson Bros[1]

First Town Hall, 1880–1937

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Second Petersham Town Hall

The town hall's distinctive architecture and largely intact Art Deco interiors has made it a popular filming location for film and television, including Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom (1992), A Place to Call Home, 60 Minutes and Paper Giants.[5][6]

Heritage listing and conservation

The Town Hall was first listed in 2001 under the Marrickville Local Environment Plan (updated 2011) as "a good example of Art Deco civic architecture of the late 1930s. The strong vertical elements and exposed brickwork make it a dominant element within the area which developed as the municipal centre of Petersham from the 1880s. The Town Hall has been associated with a stream of influential people and continues to be an actively used and recognised resource to the local community. It is considered by the NSW RAIA to be an important twentieth century civic building. [...] Its stately Art Deco design, its location opposite the Marrickville Council administration building and Council Chambers make the Petersham Town Hall building an identifiable and actively used landmark within the municipality."[7]

  • The first Town Hall c. 1890 prior to southern addition.
  • The first Town Hall showing trophy gun and 1892 Frederick St side addition, 11 September 1921.

See also

References
  1. "PETERSHAM TOWN HALL". The Sydney Morning Herald (31, 383). New South Wales, Australia. 2 August 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 2 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Petersham Town Hall". Australian Town And Country Journal. XXII (572). New South Wales, Australia. 25 December 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "OPENING OF PETERSHAM TOWN HALL". The Sydney Morning Herald (13, 746). New South Wales, Australia. 20 April 1882. p. 10. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Suburban Sydney.—Petersham". Australian Town and Country Journal. XXIX (750). New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1884. p. 26. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Petersham Town Hall / Old Council Chambers/ Marrickville Council". The Production Book. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  6. "Venues details for hirers – Petersham Town Hall" (PDF). Marrickville Council. 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  7. "Petersham Town Hall". NSW Heritage Database. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
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