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Council. The building re-opened in
November 1904, when it was renamed "Town Hall" and was subsequently used as a community events venue. A war memorial, designed in the form of a stone
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and cornices. Internally, the principal room was the main hall which served as both meeting room and courtroom: there was also a fire-proof room for the storage of the county records.
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was then undertaken, to a design by Adam Dudley
Architects, by Campbell & Smith Construction Group at a cost of £1.9 million. The building was officially re-opened by the
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598:The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707
937:"Prince Charles opens Greenlaw Town Hall upgrade"
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