The first municipal building in Wick was a tolbooth which was erected on the north side of the High Street in 1750.

[2] It was designed by Robert Reid in the neoclassical style, built in coursed rubble masonry and was completed in 1828.

[3][4] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Bridge Street.

[8] The court functions later moved to a new sheriff courthouse, which was erected on an adjacent site just to the north in 1866.

The Highland Council established a Caithness area committee to discuss local matters, which regularly met at the town hall until meetings transferred online in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[20] A major programme of refurbishment works, involving the installation of a new lift and a new heating system, was carried out in 2012.