Sunbury Town Hall

Built in 1868 on the Town Square in Sunbury, Ohio, this three-story brick building began as the Sunbury Institute. Col. G. A. Frambes, a local schoolteacher, led a public drive that raised $6,500 to construct it. The first floor housed a school, the second a public hall, and the third, donated by the Masons, served as their meeting space. The school closed in 1870, and the building passed to the township for its offices. Later it held village offices and the public library, and some village offices remained there at the time of nomination. The rectangular building has a stone foundation, brick pilasters, round-arched recessed entrances with sidelights and fanlights, and a bracketed cornice. A metal hip roof carries the original octagonal wooden cupola. A 1965 restoration cleaned and repointed the brick and altered a few windows. It was listed as a fine example of restrained Italianate design and for its long civic and educational use.