Orange Town Hall
From The Orange Wiki
Orange Municipal Council originally met in the 1851 Orange Court House, the precursor to the 1883 building which stands on the corner of Lords Place and Byng Street. In 1886 the Municipal Council decided to build a Town Hall and in November a site in Anson Street was purchased for ₤11 per foot. Tenders were called and the lowest price of ₤1,768 was accepted in May 1887, it being won by Arthur and Oliver. The foundation stone was laid on 21 July of that year by the Mayor at the time, Mr. J.M. Paul and the occasional address was given by Sir Henry Parkes. The first Council meeting was held in the building on the 3rd April 1888.
Discussion concerning a new civic centre for Orange commenced in the 1950s and on Tuesday 8 April Council’s Building Committee recommended that Council authorise architects to prepare working plans for the new civic centre in Byng Street opposite Cook Park however it was not until May 1974 that work on the project finally commenced. The final Orange City Council meeting in the old Town Hall was held in July 1976 with Council officially moving into the new Civic Centre on August 2.
The Town Hall building is now occupied by OCTEC.
