The architects – Sir John Brown, A.E. Henson and Partners – were the winners of a design competition held in 1938, but owing to the Second World War, the submitted design was never carried out.
Work on the the Civic Centre started in 1955 on the former site of the Fishmongers’ and Poulterers’ Almshouse and was intended to benefit retired members of the Fishmongers’ and Poulterers’ Companies.
It was completed in 1958 and the borough of Wood Green relocated their town hall to the former almshouses site, making it one of the most stylish town halls to appear in post-war Britain.
The original plan was to build the Civic Centre in Woodside Park, on the site of George Meehan House.