An underutilized local historic landmark was transformed into a community gathering place for a range of public and private performances, exhibits, and special events.  Within the existing structure, the intimately-scaled auditorium retains it's original finishes and proportions.  Elsewhere, a series of new gallery and meeting spaces reinterpret the interactive stalls of the original farmer's market.  Outside, two small additions defer to the scale of the original structure and contain all vertical circulation, storage, and support spaces for the original building.

Since its construction in 1911, the Old Town Hall has anchored the well-preserved main street in this small southern downtown.  The ground floor had been substantially altered over the years to accommodate a series of uses, culminating in an unremarkable 1970's office uplift.

The upper floor auditorium hosted numerous sock hops, weekend matinees, and community meetings until it was abandoned in the 1970's, largely unchanged from its original appearance.

The community's desire to preserve its collective memory of the building while providing the numerous ancillary spaces required to support a full-service multi-purpose gathering and performance space led to the design of two modest additions and a series of smaller interventions within the existing structure: At the main street, a diminutive nine-foot-wide addition, inserted into a narrow slot of open space between the Old Town Hall and the adjacent building, contains all of the vertical circulation and storage for the facility, providing ample egress for the restored auditorium without compromising its already modest footprint.