Richmond Community Building

The Richmond Community Building was constructed in 1937 by the city of Richmond as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program. During the 1930’s of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Federal Emergency Relief Act to ensure labor to those who lost their jobs. This building was part of that project for the city of Richmond. 

The building's purpose in its early years was to be used by the citizens of Richmond as a community building and theater. Once you entered the building, after visiting the ticket booth to your left, you were welcomed to a furnished building. Directly ahead was a ballroom with a kitchen attached. To your left was the hall that led to the theater/stage. On your right were the dressing rooms. 

After some years it was later transitioned to a city office building, with the east wing of the building transformed into the City Council hall and city post office, and the west wing housing former Mayor Dr. J. Morris Godfrey's Dentistry. In 1960, a new post office was constructed and the west wing was reorganized for City Council meetings. 

In 2018, with the purchase of the old Park Elementary building, the town hall aspect of the building moved, and the Richmond Committee Building was used as it was originally intended. However, in 2021, Bear River Head Start now uses the building as a preschool with a playground located at the pack of the Richmond Library.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 

United States Department of the Interior. National Register of Historic Places (1986). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Richmond Community Building. National Archive Catalog. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71999270