Celebrations began with a parade of vintage and classic cars and tractors from the top of Baker St to the hall, where a market was set up inside.
Secretary of the Stirling Hall committee Barbara Leonard said the Stirling Hall had a chequered history and had survived a couple of floods.
It came through the 1957 flood particularly well, because a new floor was being laid when the flood struck but had not been put into the building then, so flood water from the Clutha River drained with minimal damage.
Scottish migrant Archibald Anderson founded the Stirling settlement in 1849, naming it after his home town.
The Stirling hall was built in 1910, and was called Athenaeum because it contained a library and billiard room.
It served as a central meeting point and had a general store at the front.
Just before Irene Meekin cut the cake at 3pm, Mavis Mosley climbed on to the stage and told the gathered crowd about moving to Stirling in 1946 and owning the general store at the front of the Athenaeum with her husband Jim.
People came in to the shop and shared all their news with her, she said.
The hall was the hub of Stirling, and she would always have the fondest memories, she said.
