About Wessels Dance Hall: Anchoring the south side of the Town Square is a one-story wooden building surrounded by large decks that was a community center common to many small towns in the late 1800s. Most were known as dance halls. Built around 1900, this hall came from West Point, a small community in Fayette County near La Grange. Starting in the 1850s, dance halls were popular social centers across Texas and were a key reason that Texas’ rich music culture thrived the way it has — from German polkas to western swing to conjunto music. Built by two brothers, this hall features a free-span interior floor — an open dance floor with no supporting poles — and is typical of many in this area during the late 1800s and early 1900s. It was donated to Pioneer Farms by the builders’ family and was moved here in late 2012.