When Mormon settlers came to Mesquite Flats in 1894, they designed the southeast corner of this block as the Public Square, where the community gathered for many events. At this site a tent was set up circa 1899 for use as a chapel and a school; it was 16' x 16' with no windows, no heat, a dirt floor, and only logs to sit on. By circa 1922, the cement Block School stood on the southeast corner with four classrooms and an auditorium, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints rented the schoolhouse for meetings and gatherings for several years until the school was replaced with a new campus in the 1960’s. Built adjacent to the Block School circa 1938, the red brick gymnasium became the center of recreation for the community, was funded through the federal Public Works Administration (WPA) program, represents Italian Renaissance Revival style architecture, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.