A collection of historical information and features of the layout of Starokostyantyniv downtown were considered. Three stages of the layout of Starokostyantyniv downtown were identified, the layout and facade of the town hall were analyzed and reconstructed. The first stage (the beginning of the 16th century – 1561) is associated with the development of the village of Kolyshchyntsi. The Kolyshchyntsi settlement was small, consisted of a castle and a suburb, was located on a cape between the Ikopot and Sluch rivers, and during the activities of Prince Konstantyn Ostrozhsky it was integrated into the castle complex. The second stage (1561–1605) coincides with the time of ownership of the lands by the Kyiv voivode and marshal of the Volyn land, Prince Konstantyn Kostyantynovych Ostrozhsky. During this period, the castle complex and the eastern part of the downtown with Rynok Square were formed. The beginning of the third stage (1605 – the end of the 18th century) is associated with the reign of Prince Janusz Ostrozhsky, namely, it was expanded to the west of the old part. By the end of the 18th century the downtown was gradually filled with dense buildings. In the 19th century, the city fortifications were liquidated and the downtown began to lose its economic and cultural significance.
The first known mention of the town hall in Starokostyantyniv is recorded in the inventory of the Podolia estates of Prince Janusz Ostrozhsky, as a brick town hall in the Italian style covered with roofs. The town hall was built in 1610–1615 according to the initiative of Prince Janusz Ostrozhsky. Taking into account the list of premises and the outlines of the building on maps of the second half of the 18th century, we can point to the following spatial features – the town hall was two-story with cellars. The facade walls were decorated with rusticated pilasters like in a castle, and the windows had profiled frames. The building was probably crowned by an attic, since this architectural form was iconic for the cultural domain of the Ostrozhsky. The town hall in Starokostyantyniv was probably built according to the design of architect Giacomo Madliana, to whom Janusz Ostrozhsky constantly gave orders.
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