The Cariboo Gold Quartz Mining Company constructed the Wells Community Hall and it was the last building they built there. The building was completed in 1938, and it was constructed as a gathering place and activity centre for the 5000 member community. Wells is geographically located in a treed wilderness setting with very little open space, and so a large open-area community hall was a very welcome addition to the community. After it was built the hall became a vibrant social place.

"B.C. Archives Photo Wells Townsite I_27132"

"The opening on January 4, '38 was a major community event with imported entertainment and inaugral dance; music by the local Wells orchestra. Since that day, all major social functions have occurred in the Community Hall and since its ample space and large maple dance floor continues to resound with the sound of many happy, dancing feet." (Iredale, Jennifer. Wells B.C., A Proposal for Heritage Conservation, p. 49)

Fred Wells, the founder of the Cariboo Quartz Mining Company, is said to have danced for the 'first time in 50 years' at the opening dance.( Friends of Wells Community Hall)

The gentrification of Wells has rejuvenated the townsite and some old buildings, including the Wells Centennial Hall, are in use again. The booming goldrush community is long-gone, but the small community of Wells still uses the old hall.

Now just about anything might happen at the Centennial Hall and the events are changing with the times. Happenings like the popular Halloween Howl dance or the Treeplanters Ball, a dance bringing treeplanters working all over Northern B.C. together, makes for an intriguing social calendar at the old hall.