Woods Landing Dance Hall
2731 WY 230, Woods Landing, WYThe Woods Landing Dance Hall constructed in 1932 is significant for its association with a locally significant individual Mayme Lewellen Lestum, who has owned and operated the property since 1932. It is significant as a local gathering place not only for dances but smorgasbords, blood drives, fund raisers, weddings, and other important occasions; and is also a stopping place for tourists. It is associated with the "tie hack" industry which boomed in response to the railroad's need for lumber and brought large numbers of Swedish immigrants into the area. These immigrants made significant contributions to the broad patterns of the area's social, cultural, and architectural history. The Dance Hall also embodies distinctive characteristics of type, period, and method of construction which exemplify the unusual architectural contributions of the Swedish immigrants. The dance hall features a dance floor mounted on box car springs, the only one known of in the state, and also features log construction devoid of chinking because the logs were cut so as to fit tightly together. The property retains a high degree of integrity of setting, design, location, workmanship, materials, feeling, and association and deserves enrollment on the National Register as a locally significant property.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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