In 1890 Ossett was granted its Borough Charter and some fifteen years later the building of the Town Hall began. The architect chosen was an A. W. Hanstock of Batley who had also designed Horbury Town Hall.
The site chosen was that of the grammar school in the Market Place which was demolished and the school moved to Park House, Storrs Hill Road. The foundation stone, under which was buried a sealed container containing photographs, local journals and coins, was laid on the 27 February 1906 by the Mayor of Ossett, Councillor J Hampshire Nettleton.
The cost of building and furnishing the new hall was £22,000.
On the official opening day 2 June 1908, a half-day holiday, was declared throughout the town in celebration of the event. Streets and buildings were decorated and a Civic procession followed by festivities in Gedham Field. An estimated 12,000 people gathered to watch the opening ceremony by the Mayor of Ossett, Councillor John T Marsden.
