Former Council Chambers & War Memorial Hall (2 Rodney Road)

The Borough of Northcote was formed in 1908. The first council meeting was held in these new chambers on March 12, 1912. Informal council meetings – known as 'the Funnel Committee' – were often held around the funnel on the ferry, as only one councillor did not catch the 8.30am ferry to the city. The chambers moved to the Northcote shopping centre in 1959 and the old chambers became a branch library and then a crèche.

Next door on the same lot is the Northcote War Memorial Hall. This hall, designed by Thorpe, Cutter, Pickmere, and Douglas, was opened in 1956. The government matched 5,000 pounds raised by the borough through community events for building the hall. The roll of honour inside records the names of Northcote men killed in the two world wars. The previous building on the site was a fire station, well-known for its Model T Ford fire engine, which often had difficulty getting up the hills and had to be pushed on more than one occasion.

Continue up Rodney Road.