Community & Business
22 May, 2022
Historic heritage building reopened
A HISTORIC and heritage listed Cooktown Shire Hall will be reopened after an extensive heritage restoration project at a celebratory event being held this Saturday.
The Cooktown Shire Hall on Helen Street has been listed on the Queensland Heritage Register since 1997 and its doors have remained shut since April 2015. Due to the damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Ita in 2014, an engineering assessment was carried out and the hall repairs were slated to be in the millions.
To commemorate the reopening of the treasured hall, a community open day is being held this Saturday and will showcase the past, present and future of the hall. There will be live music and entertainment, a complementary afternoon tea and dancing for everyone to enjoy.
“Historic and sentimental, the Hall has a very special place in the hearts of our community,” Cook Shire Mayor Peter Scott said. “It took some time but, inspired by the community support for the Hall’s restoration, council successfully secured 100 percent of the funds required to preserve the iconic building from Australian and State funding programs.”
The open day will be taking place at the hall on Helen Street and will kick off from 3pm.
