sentences:  The hall within remains popular for numerous social events, meetings and performances, a role it has served for over 120 years.The St Kilda town hall was commissioned to replace an earlier 1859 building on the corner of Grey and Barkly Streets.This site was reserved in 1883, selected in 1887, and an elaborate towered design by architect William Pitt in an ornate Second Empire style won a limited competition in 1888.