Franklin Memorial Hall

• the building's placement, facing west near the road, on a slight rise
• the cenotaph,

in front and slightly to the north of the building

Key elements that define the exterior heritage character of Franklin Memorial Hall include:

• the overall size and massing, with a raised basement and medium-pitched

front-gable roof

• the yellow brick construction with concrete sills and lintels, and cast-in-place concrete

foundation

• the name and date incised in Tyndall stone blocks framed in a simple corbelled brick pattern

above the main entrance

• the wood soffits and the simple brackets at the gable ends
• the original wood-framed

sash windows: six-over-one on the front facade and six-over-six on the sides

Key elements that define the interior heritage character of the Franklin Memorial Hall include:

• the overall arrangement of the

space: a vestibule flanked by smaller ancillary spaces at the entrance (west) end; a large, open central area; a stage at the east end

• the interior materials: the varnished hardwood floor; the vertical

tongue-and-groove dark-stained fir wainscoting; the horizontal painted tongue-and-groove fir wall panelling with ceiling boards at right angles; the plain wood ceiling brackets along the side walls

• the dark-stained

fir-panelled vestibule with its ticket window opening from what was once the kitchen at the northwest corner; the cloakroom in the southwest corner

• the original, unpainted fir interior panelled doors and

simple wood mouldings including window and door casings; the original sash windows

• original or longstanding

fittings including the decorative heat registers and the painted cloth backdrop behind the stage