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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-