[1] The first municipal building in Strathmiglo was a medieval tolbooth, on the north side of the High Street just to the west of the junction with Kirk Wynd, which dated back at least to the 16th century.

[2] The current tower was commissioned as an extension to the south end of a public hall which was acquired by the burgh council for use as a town house in 1730.

The design of the original hall involved a narrow main frontage facing the High Street which surmounted by a stepped gable with skewputts at the tips.

[3][4][5] The stones for the tower were taken from Stathmiglo Castle with permission from the local feudal lady, Margaret Balfour (died 1769).

[1][11] Fife Council initiated some refurbishment work on the stonework of the tower itself, which remains in local authority ownership and is disused, in 2014.