One of the notable places of the city Kingisepp is the building previously existing city hall, which is located on Bolshaya Sovetskaya, house 8. The building is surrounded by numerous similar five-story buildings, so at first glance stands out against the background.

The town hall is a mansion, built in the Romanesque architectural style, particularly in Western Europe. The building was intended to house the city Council. The author of the project was the provincial architect K. K. Vasiliev of Yamburg. Work on the construction of the new building began in the summer of 1910. At the groundbreaking ceremony were invited all the local nobility, clergy, merchants, and urban residents and peasants from nearby villages.

The construction of the building of the city administration was carried out from the limestone, which served as a local building material. The decoration of the town hall was somewhat convoluted, as indicated by numerous turrets, three-dimensional arcade and unusual shape window openings. There is an assumption that because of the similarity with the foreign buildings, the building became known as the town hall. New municipal office building, sparing no expense on fancy decorations.

As you know, the population of the town of Yamburg was only four thousand people, of which approximately half were soldiers, and that therefore it was possible to refuse such a massive administrative apparatus. But this did not happen, because in the pre-revolutionary period in Russia was dominated by a powerful bureaucratic system, however, as now. In the construction process having some money problems with financing – that is why the construction of city hall was delayed for a long time, namely until the beginning of 1917, with whose arrival has come at a time of devastation and later Soviet rule.

The building of the city Department had completed only by 1934. After finishing work here was placed Twelfth Turkestan regiment. Thus, the hall became a place of rehearsals of a military band, from the Windows with a roar they could hear the music loud marches – so lively gatherings were held regimental band.

During the German occupation of the city hall was a concentration camp, designed for civilians and Soviet prisoners of war. During the liberation of the town of Kingisepp in the town hall defended the remnants of the Romanian shelf that supports the connection with the Nazis, but soon the enemy was defeated. During this severe in the history of the city during the city the building suffered from the hostilities.

Until the early 1960s, the town hall was not restored. After extensive renovations it has evolved into a city hospital, then became a dormitory and was again converted into a children's clinic. According to some reports, at one time it housed and economic Department of the Executive Committee.

After Russia passed the Great Patriotic war has changed and the street of the Great Soviet post – war rehabilitation made her model made with the formulaic similarity of buildings. The layout of the streets became uncomfortable by the large roadway that creates discomfort to pedestrians, and the numbering of houses acquired a completely chaotic. Even the inhabitants of the city became known as the street is not Great Soviet and Former Soviet.

Today, in the building previously existing city hall is city dental clinic, the center "Family", as well as the special Committee dealing with sports, culture and youth policy of "Choice" with the support of the city administration. On the building hung a plaque, which presents the list of former prisoners of Nazi camps.