Municipal Hall
The first Municipal Hall was constructed at the time of incorporation in 1914. In 1930 the structure was rebuilt after the first hall burned down in 1929. The building still stands and is located on the east side of Harris Road at McMyn Road and is now named the Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall. Pitt Meadows' original Municipal Hall was a single-story structure built shortly after incorporation in 1914 on land purchased from Frank Harris, an early Pitt Meadows settler. A small recreation hall annex was added to the rear of the building in the early 1920's. This original Hall was destroyed by a fire that started in its kitchen area On December 17, 1930. Only the building's vault was left standing, its contents intact The structure that occupies the site today is the second municipal/community hall. It was constructed in 1931 and underwent significant upgrading in 1977. Up until 1948 the Women's Institute oversaw the community hall but they were replaced that year with a Hall Committee of which the Women's Institute was a part. Today the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Parks and Leisure Services department looks after the Hall. Prior to the arrival of water mains to Pitt Meadows in 1948, the community water pump was located on the hall's front lawn. Residents without good well water would use the pump to acquire their weekly water. During the 1930's dances were held in the hall to raise funds to acquire a furnace and other equipment for the building, and, starting in 1938, the Pitt Meadows Athletic Association held dances to raise funds to build and equip Harris Road Athletic Park (located behind the hall) with a playground as well as with a pool and a lacrosse box. In the early 1970's the municipal hall moved to a location further south on Harris Road and public works functions were later relocated to a site at the foot of Harris Road. In 2001 many of the community's recreation functions, including the senior's lounge, were relocated to the new family recreation centre located behind the new municipal hall.
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Latitude: 49.2209355238591
Longitude: -122.68988095563
Direct Link: https://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/locations/municipal-hall
