The structure was the meeting place of Grangemouth Burgh Council until 1937 and remains the main events venue in the area.

[5][6] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Bo'ness Road; the central bay, which was recessed, featured a flight of steps leading up to a doorway which was flanked by Ionic order columns supporting a entablature and a balustrade, behind which, on the first floor, there was a balcony and a French door.

The side sections, which were enhanced by pairs of Ionic order pilasters on the first floor, were fenestrated by casement windows with brackets supporting canopies and, at roof level, there was a cornice and a balustrade.

[7] Black was also responsible for the design of the public library on the opposite side of the road which was financed by the Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie: Carnegie travelled to the town hall from Glasgow to conduct the opening ceremony of the library personally on 31 January 1889.

[8] After the area was advanced to the status of small burgh in 1930,[1] the council and their officers sought dedicated premises, and relocated to new municipal buildings on the opposite side of the road in 1937.