Construction of the Township Hall gave Nicodemus a community building with electricity and a stage. Twelve residents, black and white, quarried rock and built the Hall from 1937 to 1939. People gathered there for weekly dances, community events, roller-skating, pay parties, and elections. Community life has always been vital in Nicodemus, where churches and benevolent societies were active social forces from the 1870s. During the Great Depression, the federal government's Works Progress Administration paid unemployed people to learn new skills, and Nicodemus residents learned new trades while building their community center. Workers quarried magnesia limestone in neighboring Rooks County because it was stronger than the local stone. The Hall continues to host town meetings, special programs, and Homecoming gatherings.