In the United States, especially in New England, a town hall is a building or hall used for local government business. A building that contains the offices of the public officials of a town and that houses the town council and courts. a public building used for a town's local government
In Britain, a town hall in a town is a large building owned and used by the town council, often as its main office. You can also use town hall to refer to the town council that uses this building