Clocktower Centre

The Clocktower Centre, previously known as Essendon Town Hall or Moonee Ponds Town Hall, is a civic building in Moonee Ponds in Melbourne, Australia, located at 750 Mount Alexander Road, at the junction with Pascoe Vale Road.

[1] Operated by the City of Moonee Valley, it is a venue for performing arts, as well as community and corporate activities.

It was originally built as the Essendon Mechanics Institute in a Victorian architectural style, and opened in September 1880.

A fire in 1978 caused substantial internal damage to the building but, by 1979, it had been repaired and reopened.

[2] In February 2000, following substantial renovations, the building was officially reopened as the Clocktower Centre.