Built in 1828 as a church, it served as town hall from 1847 to 1957, and now houses the local historical society.

[2] The hall was built as the town's fourth meeting house in 1828, after the third, which had stood nearby, was destroyed by fire.

A Women's Club occupied part of the building between 1921 and 1957, which continued to be used occasionally for meetings and as a polling place.

The town gave the building to the Athol Historical Society in 1957, which uses it as a museum and storage facility.

The building features a display of local historic artifacts and is open to the public on Sunday afternoons in June and July.