[2] Completed by local builders in the following year, it served originally as the jail and fire station, and also included in the building were community meeting rooms and a theater.

Among the most distinctive features of the building's architecture are large double doors at the entrance, topped with a prominent transom.

Such a structure is quite uncommon in the villages of western Ohio, where fine Italianate town halls are very rare.

[3] The Town Hall and Township House was one of the few structures to survive a massive fire that destroyed most of downtown Versailles in 1901.

Today, the building houses the village's municipal offices, police department, and rescue squad.