As the Somerville Independent School District emerged from the Great Depression, the school board filed a Works Progress Administration project proposal on October 3, 1938, to build a gymnasium. The proposal was accepted, and construction began, with local skilled and unskilled workers quarrying native stone from nearby Yegua Creek. The rustic structure was completed on July 2, 1940, and housed a gymnasium, auditorium stage, locker rooms, and lecture rooms. In 1987, the gymnasium became known as the Yegua Center. Repairs were made in 1988, and the building has remained in continuous use for Somerville Independent School District school and community activities.