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Over a Century of Kentville Town Hall History

• 1887:The offices for the Town Hall were leased for the rental of seventy-five dollars per year.
• 1896:The town conducted its business in the Chipman Building on Main Street, near the present Town Hall.
• 1946:The town purchased property from the Salvation Army for the purpose of constructing a new Town Hall and Fire Station.
• 1953:The town office took up quarters in the new Town Hall, moving from temporary offices at the Cornwallis Inn.
• 1989: The new Town Hall was joined to the old Maritime Tel & Tel building in a ten-month renovation project.
• 1990: The grand opening of the Town Hall was held, on September 28.

List of Kentville Mayors:

• John King  1887-1888
• J.P. Chipman  1889-1890
• Dr. H.B. Webster  1891-1892
• B.H. Dodge  1893
• J.W. Ryan  1894-1895
• R.S. Masters  1896-1897
• G.F. Rockwell  1898-1899
• WM. Yould  1900-1902
• W.F. Roscoe  1904-1907
• Dr. H.B. Webster 1908-1909
• H.H. Wickwire  1910-1911
• Wm. Yould  1912
• J.W. Ryan  1913-1914
• F.A. Masters  1915
• A.L. Pelton  1916-1917
• J.H. Yould  1918-1919
• W. Saxby Blair  1920
• A.L. Pelton  1921
• A.E.H. Chelsey  1922-1924
• A.L. Pelton  1925-1927
• Raymond Crosby  1928-1931
• G.W. Lyons  1932-1935
• B.W. Roscoe  1936-1945
• Gladys M. Porter  1946-1949
• R.W. Rottler  1950-1953
• Gladys M. Porter  1954-1960
• G.L. Calkin  1961-1963
• H.C. Lindsay  1964-1966
• C.R.G. Lowe  1967
• F.H Ripley  1968-1973
• R. Wendell Phinney  1974-1988
• Dorine P. Taylor  1988-1994
• R. Art Pope  1994-1997
• Gary P. Pearl  1997-2005
• David Corkum  2006-2016
• Sandra Snow  2016-