 Oldham 's Old Town Hall is a Grade II listed Georgian neo @-@ classical town hall built in 1841 , eight years before Oldham received its borough status . One of the last purpose @-@ built town halls in northwest England , it has a tetrastyle Ionic portico , copied from the temple of Ceres , on the River Ilissos , near Athens . Winston Churchill made his inaugural acceptance speech from the steps of the town hall when he was first elected as a Conservative MP in 1900 . A Blue Plaque on the exterior of the building commemorates the event . Long existing as the political centre of the town , complete with courtrooms , the structure has stood empty since the mid @-@ 1980s and has regularly been earmarked for redevelopment as part of regeneration project proposals , but none have been actioned . 
 Oldham <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>Old Town Hall <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>a Grade II listed Georgian <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>neo</mark></a> @-@ classical town hall built in 1841 , eight years before Oldham<a href='been_done' title='4'><mark></mark></a> received its borough status . One of the last purpose @-@ built town halls in northwest England , it <a href='got' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> a tetrastyle Ionic portico , copied from the temple of Ceres , on the River Ilissos , near Athens . Winston Churchill made his inaugural acceptance speech from the steps of the town hall when he was first elected as a Conservative MP in 1900 . A Blue Plaque on the exterior of the building <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>commemorates</mark></a> the event . Long existing as the political centre of the town , complete with courtrooms , the structure <a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>has</mark></a> stood empty since the mid @-@ 1980s and <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>has</mark></a> regularly been earmarked for redevelopment as part of regeneration project proposals , but <a href='negative_inversion' title='9'><mark>none</mark></a> <a href='been_done' title='10'><mark>have</mark></a> been actioned . 
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