Avondale Town Hall / Hollywood Theatre (20 St Georges Road)

The Public Hall was on this site from 1867 until it was shifted to its present position beside the Town Hall building. This has been a site for community meetings and entertainment continuously since the 19th century.

In January 1915, the site was transferred from the Public Hall Trustees to the Avondale Road Board. It was decided to keep the old wooden hall on the site and to build an ornate brick front, complete with imposing columns, wide stairs to the entrance, and a dome on the roof. The architect for this façade and the new offices and meeting rooms was Holman & Moses. Work began around May and was completed in October.

Avondale became a borough in 1922. The Borough Council decided in 1923 that Avondale merited a grander town hall than just an impressive frontage with old wooden hall behind. The old hall was shifted, and the rest of the existing building was added, opening on 31 October 1924. After amalgamation with Auckland City in 1927, a succession of cinema managers including the family of Rudall Hayward ran the picture theatre, called the Grosvenor Cinema, from the 1950s. It was later dubbed the Hollywood Cinema in 1966 by Jan Grefstad.

Cross St Georges Road at the protected island.