[1] Following significant population growth, largely associated with the mining industry, a group of local businessmen decided to raise finance for the building of a town hall.

The site they selected formed part of the glebe, a plot of land adjacent to New Cumnock Parish Church.

[3][4] It was designed by Allan Stevenson of Ayr in the Queen Anne style, built in red sandstone at a cost of £750 and was officially opened by Charles George Shaw on 20 February 1889.

The left hand bay, which was significantly recessed, contained bi-partite mullioned windows on both floors with a Dutch gable above.

The second bay featured a doorway flanked by pilasters supporting an entablature and an open pediment with a cartouche in the tympanum.