Walnut Street at Indiana Avenue

The Town Hall

Built in 1872, this classic Victorian building designed by Toledo architects Rumbaugh and Fallis was the product of the fierce rivalry between Perrysburg and Bowling Green to be the county seat. After fire destroyed the abandoned courthouse here in 1872, and while the results of an earlier election on the move were being challenged, citizens quickly raised money to build and offer this building free of charge. It was 101 feet long, 69 feet wide, and had a slate mansard roof and a 65-foot tower. 

A second county vote, whose procedures were also questionable, still favored Bowling Green, so township offices were moved into the ground floor, and the name became Township Hall and later, Town Hall.

Walnut Street at Indiana Avenue

The "Bee Hive"

After the top portion of the old Town Hall tower was removed, the building continued to be used by the Perrysburg community. A second-floor auditorium was used for many activities, parrticularly for teenage dances and the location was known as the “Bee Hive”. 

The Town Hall / Bee Hive looked like this when it was razed in 1963 after the second-story ceiling and rafters collapsed the morning of the day teenagers were scheduled for a Bee Hive dance. It was owned at that time by the city and deemed too frail and costly to restore.