Storybrooke Town Hall

"For too long this office was a place to be feared. I want every citizen to feel welcome and included here."

- Mary Margaret

The Storybrooke Town Hall  is a Storybrooke location on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the second episode of the first season.

Visitors

 * Apprentice
 * Archie Hopper
 * Bashful
 * Belle French
 * Cora †
 * David Nolan
 * Doc
 * Dopey
 * Dr. Whale


 * Elsa
 * Emma Swan
 * Granny
 * Happy
 * Henry Mills
 * Hook
 * Kathryn Nolan
 * King Arthur
 * Kurt Flynn †


 * Leroy
 * Maleficent
 * Marco
 * Merida
 * Miss Ginger
 * Mother Superior
 * Mr. Clark
 * Mr. Gold
 * Prince Neal


 * Pinocchio
 * Robin Hood
 * Roland
 * Ruby
 * Sheriff Graham †
 * Sidney Glass
 * Tamara †
 * Walter
 * Will Scarlet


 * The Wraith
 * Zelena

Trivia
On-screen Notes=

On-screen Notes

 * The word "magister" (Latin for "master" or "teacher") is written above the door frame of the Mayor's office. Magister was a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to someone having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts. It was also a title given to several positions of authority in Ancient Rome, such as Magister officiorum, which literally means "master of offices".
 * The word "civitas" is engraved over the main entrance to the office. In Ancient Rome, this word referred to the whole body of members of any given state. It was frequently used by the Roman writers to express the condition of a Roman citizen as distinguished from those who were not Roman citizens.


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Production Notes

 * The mayor's office and the records office next to it, are filmed inside a studio. According to production designer Michael Joy, the black and white look dramatizes Regina's need for control, with a limited palette and a very rigid color scheme.
 * For exterior scenes, Fort Langley Community Hall in Fort Langley, British Columbia, doubles as Storybrooke Town Hall.
 * The hall is one of the most popular locations for filming Christmas movies and TV movies in Canada, and has shown up as the city hall of innumerable fictional U.S. towns. The building has appeared on multiple television shows including the science fiction series Fringe and the drama series Supernatural. The hall has also appeared in several movies, such as the 2005 horror film The Fog, the direct-to-DVD Disney movie Spooky Buddies and the 2012 romantic comedy-drama Hope Springs.
 * Downtown Fort Langley has also been used for filming several scenes on the show. Several local businesses have been transformed into Storybrooke landmarks.
 * The mayor's office set was redressed and reused for the auditorium at the Bethlem Asylum, and the fireplace in Dr. Lydgate's office, on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
 * According to behind the scenes photos from "Lily", a sign next to the town hall reads:

"The Storybrooke Improvement Society was founded by the Storybrooke Women's Institute in order to build the Town Hall. The architect was David H. Goodman cousin of Storybrooke entrepreneur Neil Westlake. The Hall was built and continues to be owned and maintained by members of the Society; men planted the apple trees on the north and women planted the apple trees to the south. The Hall has officially been designated as a Municipal Heritage Site. It serves the community as the focal and social center of Storybrooke"


 * David H. Goodman is an Executive Producer and writer for the show, and Neil Westlake is a graphic designer and production staff member on the show.
 * Neil Westlake is also credited as a photographer on the front page of the Storybrooke Daily Mirror in "The Stable Boy".


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Props Notes

 * The interior of town hall as well as the Mayor's office have birch-tree wallpaper; a nod to the Enchanted Forest. There are matching birch tree logs by the mayor's fireplace. A leaf-shaped bowl is sitting on a table in the mayor's office.
 * Like many other Storybrooke locations, the town hall also contains several references to the maritime part of the Enchanted Forest. A large painting of a ship is hanging on the wall outside the mayor's main office, and there are several paintings of ships and boats inside the town hall.
 * The wallpaper in the mayor's office and the interior of the town hall is Birch Tree Grey Wallpaper and Birch Tree Gold Wallpaper from Fine Decor.
 * As the Evil Queen, Regina possessed a silver chest, which she now retains in the Mayor's office.
 * There is a Coral Bowl 14" fruitbowl from Maison Bertet in the mayor's office.
 * Regina has the same bowl in her secret hideout inside the Heart Vault.
 * This fruitbowl is also featured at the Vampire Authority meeting table in the fifth season of the television drama series True Blood.
 * Regina's mirror is a Howard Elliot Wilmette Art Deco Multi-Facet Round Wall Mirror.
 * The mayor's couch is from Christopher Guy Furniture. According to set decorator Mark Lane, it cost 18,000 dollar.
 * Regina has the same couch in the living room of her private home.
 * The chairs on either side of the sofa are Flirt Chairs from Hancock&Moore.
 * The statue above the fireplace is known as the Horse Statue in White Porcelain and was designed by Inside Avenue.
 * The vase next to the fireplace is a Dora Maar Vase made by Jonathan Adler.
 * The white table lamps on either side of the sofa are Bronte Table Lamps from Robert Abbey.
 * A poster pinned to a billboard outside the town hall says "Midsummer Night's Dream". It is accompanied by an illustration of Titania and Nick Bottom.
 * The same poster can be seen in the library in "Darkness on the Edge of Town".
 * Regina has a Vitra Eames EA 217 Soft Pad Office Chair behind her desk.
 * When Mary Margaret takes over as mayor, she adds her own personal touch to the mayor's office in the form of a painting of two birds sitting on a branch. This is fitting, as she is known to have an affinity for birds.
 * The office also contains at least five different porcelain bird figurines. These, however, were not added by Mary Margaret; they were already there during Regina's term of office.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.