After demolishing its original hall, Covington Township built this hall on the same site in 1934 with support from the Civil Works Administration, a program created to alleviate the Great Depression. The hall became a center for community life and local government. It hosted special events and provided classrooms for the schools when needed. In 1986 township offices moved to a newly-opened multi-purpose building on M-28. The Covington Historical Society converted the hall into a museum in 1997.