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Description: | Hampstead Town Hall was originally built as a Vestry Hall, or community centre in 1878. With the creation of the Borough Councils at the end of the 19th century, Hampstead Borough Council established its headquarters there. A scribbled note on the back of this photograph remarks that by the time it was taken, the Town Hall was already much too small for the Borough's needs. A large new Civic Centre complex was planned for Swiss Cottage in 1964 to include a new home for the Council's offices, but only the library and swimming baths were built. The Town Hall is now a community centre once again and houses a performing arts college. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Hampstead Museum | Rights holder: | Hampstead Museum | Subjects: | Communities Power and Politics | Temporal: | 1950 | Source: | Burgh House and Hampstead Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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