Toad Hall, Pambula

The building now known as Toad Hall (55 Toalla Street, Pambula) is one of the most recognisable heritage structures in Pambula. It has been used over the years as a general store, saddlery, accommodation house, fisheries inspector's office, mining warden's office, and gift shop.

The building was erected for John Behl, an immigrant from Bavaria who became the licensee of Pambula’s Forest Oak Inn. He was described as ‘an enterprising townsman’ and was responsible for erecting a number of other notable buildings in the town including the Commercial Hotel and the Pambula branch of the AJS bank. He also donated the land on which the School of Arts was erected.

'Toad Hall' was the name of another building in Pambula that housed the town's original craft shop. The person who bought that craft shop from the original owners also purchased Behl's building and, when she moved her business to Behl's two-storey building, she also transferred the name.