5. Community Center & Dance Hall
In 1892, Orson Dalton built a dance hall at 100 East 470 North, out of lumber with a stage on one end of the building. It is said that this was the largest dance hall south of Spanish Fork.
An Open-air Dance Pavilion was located down Colonial Lane, north of the red brick home at 470 North, west of the stock yards. Louring Whittaker owned this property and made it into a dance hall when his wife, Fern Sevy Whittaker would not move their family from town to the property.
In 1905, Taylor Whittaker deeded a plot of ground to a group of local men who organized for the purpose of building a community center to have dances, plays, socials, entertainment, & large meetings. It was large and well-built. It had 2 stages on opposite ends of the floor. One stage with fine curtains was for plays that were popular then. The other stage was for the orchestra that played for dances. There was a large basement built for parties. This building located at 100 East 200 North burned down on November 7, 1918. It served the community well.
