A gabled-roof timber public hall facing the road, built in 1909 as the Mechanics' Institute, the interior renovated with a brick Streamlined Moderne addition at front as Croydon Hall, in 1937, designed by local architect A. Pretty and still in use as the Croydon Entertainment Centre for youth. It is historically significant as embodying popular public education and later social entertainment in Croydon for over ninety years, and as part of the Mechanics' Institutes movement. It is architecturally significant for the Streamlined Moderne additions by Pretty, as part of the group of buildings in this style in the vicinity including 207 Mt. Dandenong Road and 161-163 and 192 Main Street. It is socially significant in embodying social memories in Croydon as a traditional community meeting place over the period.