Islington Town Hall
Islington Town Hall is the municipal facility for Islington London Borough Council. It is located along Upper Street, in Islington, London. It is a Grade II listed building.History
The building was commissioned by the Metropolitan Borough of Islington to replace the old Islington Vestry Hall on Upper Street. The council purchased a site off Tyndale Place in 1920.
The new building was designed by Edward Charles Philip Monson in the Neoclassical style and built in three stages: first the rear wing facing Richmond Grove in 1922, second the northern part in Upper Street in 1925 and third the Assembly Hall in 1929. Since 1930, when Arsenal won their first FA Cup against Huddersfield Town, victory receptions have been held at the town hall.
After being transferred to Islington London Borough Council in 1965, it remained the seat of local government for that authority. An underground bunker was constructed for protection against nuclear attack in the 1980s. Islington Museum, which had previously been based in the town hall, moved out of the building in preparation for its move to Finsbury Library in December 2006.
The council moved many of its staff to the Islington Customer Centre on the opposite side of Upper Street in the early 2000s.
