Fitzroy Town Hall is a civic building located in Napier Street in Fitzroy, a suburb of

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. It was constructed in two separate stages. The first consisted of a hall and tower which was designed by William J. Ellis and built in 1873. Between 1887 and 1890, a new stage designed by George Johnson was added to this comprising municipal offices, a police station and a courthouse as well as extensions to the hall. The clock tower added at this time replaced the original tower. The building is an example of the Free Classical style of

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and is recorded as a "Heritage place" by

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. After the amalgamation of the

City of Fitzroy The City of Fitzroy was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , making it the smallest municipality by land area in Victoria, and existed from 1858, until 1 ...

with the Cities of Collingwood and

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in 1994 forming the

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, the Town Hall now functions as secondary offices, service centre and library servicing the Collingwood area for the City of Yarra. The Town Hall is also currently the home of Fitzroy Legal Service Inc, Australia's oldest non-Aboriginal community legal service. The Town Hall is also used for special functions and as an exhibition space.

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