Ellwoods Hall
Ellwood’s Hall was built by Thomas Ellwood, opening in June 1912 with the Oddfellow’s Ball being the first entertainment there.
The building’s overall size of 87ft x 36ft included two shops facing the street front, with the hall’s entranceway in between.
On Christmas Eve 1927, a fire broke out in the film projection box, during the showing of a film, causing the evacuation of 200 people from the hall and destroying the roof and front portion of the building. The roof was rebuilt 8ft higher, and the hall opened for use again by March 1928.
Additions were carried out in 1936, when a supper room was added to the western side of the building and a new floor was constructed in the hall.
The Ellwood family sold the hall to the Council in 1968, who carried out repairs and handed over control of it to the Stockinbingal Advancement Association.
Since being built, Ellwood Hall has been the social hub for community events, and over the years it has been used as a movie and stage theatre, and a place for entertainment, meetings, weddings and functions.
The Stockinbingal Post Office now operates from one of the shops at the hall.
