The Williamson County dance hall is set to shut its doors for good on Oct. 11, but the exact reason for the closure is unknown.

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So, she created one. A dozen years later, The Dance Hall in Kittery is booked most Friday and Saturday nights with a variety of bands and musical acts, as well as dance classes during the week.

The hall started as a dance platform when the German and Czech settled there in the late 1800s. By the 1950s there were more than 60 dance halls in the county. Now, there are fewer than a dozen.

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Tin Hall first opened in 1889 as a rifle club and dance hall. During that time, many people would meet there for socializing and to practice their gun skills on the range still present on the site ...

In the process, the 3,000-square-foot dance hall, well-maintained but rarely open to the public since its prior owners acquired it in 1961, will return to life.