In 1981 he moved the saloon into the center of Hanna with the Union Pacific Coal Company's permission.

When Prohibition was established it became a pool hall, operated by John Thomas After Thomas' accidental death in the 1920s it became the small town's community center.

[3] Located at the center of the town, it is a one-story frame structure covered in wood clapboards, with a hipped shingle roof.

A small bracketed canopy with arched trim covers the main entrance.

[2] The Hanna Community Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 26, 1983.