Hayesville Town Hall and Opera House was a center of community life from its construction in 1886 to the late 1930s. Combining governmental offices with commercial and entertainment space, it represents a type of building once common but now rare. Its second-floor opera house retains many original features, including stage backdrops, dressing rooms, and seats. It hosted vaudeville, theater companies, and many kinds of entertainment, and many performers signed the backstage walls; Buffalo Bill dated his signature October 28, 1888. Along with village offices, first-floor tenants included the Vermillion Township Trustees, the Eddie Stover Hat Shop, and the F.L. Smith Watch Repair and Jewelry Store. Hayesville's citizens approved construction on April 18, 1884, by a vote of 100 to 13, and contractor Samuel Craig completed the building two years later at a cost of $4,852.20. Located on the Lincoln Highway, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.