The town hall tower – stone, the plan is rectangular, one of the two extant martial towers of the Vyborg fortress. It was built in 1470-ies, along with other tower defence wall Stone town. The town hall tower is the only extant military engineering building, which was part of the defense line of the South-Eastern wall of Stone town.

By the end of the 15th century Vyborg was well fortified fortress, which consisted of two nodes of defense: Stone town on the mainland and the castle on the island that are suited to self defense that proved during the siege 1495 Russian army, led by Vasily Sena, Jacob Zaharevicham and Vasily shuiski September 21, 1495 came to Vyborg, batted around a continuous ring of siege. The besiegers had a significant numerical and technical advantage (artillery). The fortress – untrained peasants and 500 German mercenaries. There were about 1, 5 thousand of the defenders. During one of the attacks killed nearly 900 people, which weakened the defense of the fortress.

On 13 October the Russian troops for the first time attempted to storm the fortress, but to no avail. Then began a long and exhausting siege. To help the Vyborg was sent a detachment from Sweden, but he never made it to the fortress. During the artillery bombardment destroyed three towers on the South-Eastern wall of Stone town. 30 November, they launched a decisive assault on the fortress. Russian troops were able to capture St. Andrew tower. The battle had been going for seven hours, but the Russians were unable to build on their success. Who commanded the besieged garrison of the Swedish commander Knut posse organized a counterattack. The defenders managed to make confusion in the ranks of the invaders, picketed inside the fortress fire. Knut posse gave the order to burn the captured tower. Resulting in the tower was blown up. Significant losses of Russian troops forced them to stop the assault. And on 4 December, Russian forces lifted the siege of the fortress and went home.

Vyborg castle and the Stone city has shown itself as quite advanced military fortifications. Attempt to take the Vyborg had also been taken by the troops of Ivan the terrible in 1556, but was also unsuccessful.

Development of military technology has led to the need to change designs of military fortifications. The walls of the fortresses began to do below, but with greater thickness. The towers were built more stocky, but large in area.

Military history has been proven that during the defense of fortresses fire aimed at attacking the flanks more effective than frontal. The tower began to build with some take-out towards the field before the fortress walls. For improving the fortifications of the city, this structure was built in Vyborg.

Information about town hall Tower appeared only in 1558-1559. in connection with its repair. Stages of construction construction is well defined dimensioned drawings of similar Sheep of the tower, which was demolished in 1763 and in situ studies, held in 1974 in the city hall Tower.

The tower was originally oblique view in plan of the construction under the gable roof, which advocated the fortress wall. She had a height of 9, 7 m (to roof ridge – 12, 5 m). To the tower with the two sides adjacent the height of 5, 7 m wall curtains, which dismantled the remnants of the fortress wall. The North facade of the Tower of the town hall wall constituted a single whole, i.e. all of its volume, she performed in the "field" to planirovanie adjacent sections of the fortress wall. The vertical Tower of the town hall was divided into three tiers (or "battle"). The so-called "plantar battle", which is a first tier of the tower, was covered by a dome. A stone staircase inside the tower led to the level of "first fight", was located above the "second battle", where there were five chamber holes (one in the back wall and two side walls to lead a flanking fire).

It is assumed that all the rectangular towers of Stone town, including the town hall Tower, were travel. The width of the entrance aperture was 2, 6 m Coming out in the "field" has a rectangular aperture, and inside the tower – a semicircular shape. Most likely, the passage outside was covered drawbridge and gate, lockable horizontal beam.

With the construction of the Bastion Horned fortress walls and towers of Stone town lost its military significance. External doorway in the tower was laid a stone (most likely in the 16th century), while the masonry was left fighting loophole with emphasis to bow.

When the tower lost its former importance, she was transferred to the jurisdiction of the magistrate of the town hall. There was arranged Arsenal of weapons and panoply of citizens who were obliged to defend the city if necessary. Since that time the tower has been preserved and remains the name that has survived to our time – the Tower of the town hall.

Later former earlier fortification was used as a bell tower was erected near the Cathedral, the Dominican monastery, and then the Church of the Vyborg parish. It is this purpose built caused further alterations which have distorted the original shape of the structure.

The tower of the town hall began to take the form of an octagon quadrangle. But in 1758, the structure was topped with a gabled Baroque coating. In the future, after the fire and rebuilding in the late 18th century, the tower his appearance didn't change.

A fire on March 13, 1940 destroyed the wooden spire of the tower. The first restoration and repair work in the tower was started in 1958, it was then erected a temporary tent covering and sealed shields the window openings. The building was mothballed and stayed that way for almost 20 years.

In the late 1970's, the tower was restored Baroque roof by the architect A. I. Houseboy. However, the building stood abandoned, without utilities, landscaping prior to 1993