Interesting! So at the top of the Town Hall it's clearly stamped as 1926...but a memorial stone at on the front is dated March 1927... it was laid by J. H.Koch Esq. What's interesting is that the facade is incorrect... it really was built in 1927. That was the year that the town's council finally, unanimously were in favour of building a new hall... there had been years of debate. The Architect for this was Chris Smith... he built it in Art Deco style. Chris is recognised as one of the leading South Australian exponents of the Art Deco style. Although registered at birth as Arthur Christopher, all subsequent official records cite him as Christopher Arthur. His father, Thomas Edwin Smith, was a sailor then labourer. His mother, Elizabeth Ellen Williams, signed her wedding certificate with a cross, suggesting she was illiterate. This was the centre for local entertainment once ... it has been a cinema, a wedding venue, a funeral venue, dance hall, debutante balls venue, a place for concerts and a venue for many other things over time. The hall can seat up to 1000 people.

Just had the most fabulous Anniversary stay in Peterborough. The Town Hall & all the Christmas lights are amazing. This was made a lovely break away by how very pretty & Christmasy Peterborough looks .