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The building continued to serve as the headquarters of Alloa Burgh
Council throughout the first half of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the council moved to Greenfield House at Mar Place in 1952. The building continued to be used as an events venue and the
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chimney at the north end. Internally, the front block contained the council chamber on the first floor and an art school on the upper floors, while the hall block contained an assembly hall which accommodated a public library as well as an organ designed and made by
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stone at a cost of £18,008 and completed in 1889. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto
Marshill; the central section of three bays, which projected forward, featured a round headed doorway on the ground floor,
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in July 1997. A major programme of refurbishment works at the town hall, including redecoration and the upgrading of the heating system, was completed in summer 2011. A plaque to commemorate the visit of the
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