In early 1914 the community decided a Hall was needed, built on locally donated land and funded by subscriptions the wooden building was completed in August 1914. However, the turmoil caused by the beginning of WWI delayed its opening until December. It became a much used community centre for card evenings, dances, concerts, meetings evenings and kitchen evenings for brides-to-be. On Sundays it became a Church and Sunday School. In 1967 a tender to build a new hall by Tom Muir, who had grown up in Eureka and then built much of Hamilton, was accepted. In August 1968 the old hall was farewelled at a special family evening, and demolition was begun in October. The foundations of the new hall were laid in November and the steelwork, blockwork and roof were completed by December. In 2019 those in Eureka turned out to celebrate 50 years of the ‘new’ hall, and its builder, then aged 94 was able to attend with his wife and daughter.
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