Current Progress on the new Maintenance Building

In March 1878 after reconstructing the building with two fine halls, done under the supervision of William E. Wilson, Union Hall was dedicated by Rev. T.S. Perry and music under the direction of Captain Blanchard. The upper hall was used for meetings of the "Lodge Good Templars", the Cumberland Farmers Club, and evening meetings of the Congregational Church. The lower hall, which with the balcony had a seating capacity of 400, was used for entertainment, Lyceum programs, etc.

When the Cumberland Center Fair was discontinued, Mr. Oren Thomes bought the whole property for $800.00 in 1880, and in 1885 presented it to the Congregational Church for a vestry.

In 1895 an addition was built to provide better kitchen facilities and also to provide a small dressing room for the stage.

In October 1889, the Sawga Tribe of Red Menn started using Union Hall for their ritual work. They continued to meet there until December 1914.

The alumni of Greely Institute had a campaign to raise funds which permitted them to buy the property and present it to the school in 1914. It was at this point that it was put to use as a gymnasium where both boys and girls played basketball. It was also used as the home economics laboratory, and the manual arts workshop was on the second floor, from which the fire escape was built.

As Greely Institute was enlarged and Gyger Gym was built, Union Hall was used for other purposes. By 1948 it was remodeled and used as a junior high school. 

In 1961 it became the school cafeteria, and then was used for various classrooms during the process of building new schools. In 1968 it became the administrative offices for the Superintendent of Schools and in the summer of  2005 it made its final transition as the Maintenance Department Office. 

In 2025 Union Hall will be torn down, unsalvageable in its current state, to make way for the new PK-1 School Building.