Mapleton Hall Timeline c.19

1880s

• Lyceum and Farmer's meetings are held in the brick schoolhouse located at the foot of the hill on Crooked Lane.

• Committee organized to create a larger meeting and gathering place.

• Money raised from local community to construct new building in 1882.

• Building completed in January 1883 and named Central Hall.

• Crooked Lane renamed Mapleton Avenue.

• Central Hall renamed Mapleton Hall.

• Farmer meetings continue to 1885 when Grange is organized to take their place.

1896

• Construction begins to expand Mapleton Hall and additions to North and South halls meet the Hall's needs for increased meetings, card parties and "entertainments."

1897

• May Breakfasts begin and become an annual fund-raising affair, which draws hundreds of people who come by trolley from Springfield and  Hartford.