Markham Village Town Hall

Markham Village Town Hall, also called Old Town Hall, is a building at 96 Main Street North in Markham, Ontario, Canada, and was the home to Markham Town Council from 1882 until it moved to a location on Woodbine Avenue. It was built in 1882 by local builder John Wilson in an Italianate architecture style, with brick, from a local brickyard, laid by mason Joseph Sampson.

Besides council chambers the building was home to a local jail, and to Masonic and Oddfellow Lodges.

The building was sold in 1946, was a cinema until 1980 until it was reconstructed to its original facade and modified internal structure by Tony Baggio CPEng. , it housed business offices and was one of many historically preserved buildings on Main Street Markham. It was designated a heritage site under the Ontario Heritage Act on April 23, 1985. The designation lists the following the features (excerpted from reference ):


 * two storey coral brick exterior
 * shed roof
 * entrance with semi-circular fanlight and voussoirs of yellow brick
 * yellow brick detailing in voussoirs and joining string courses
 * decorated cornice
 * heavy timber truss supporting second storey and roof
 * round headed windows
 * reconstructed brick chimneys