Couple aims to revive Donegal Grange Hall

For 75 years, the large stone building located at 333 Church Street in Donegal, served the rural mountain community as a grange hall, used for meetings, weddings, talent shows and other social events.

Events held at the hall gradually dwindled over the years until it was shuttered permanently five years ago.

But one couple hopes to breathe new life into the Donegal landmark and to someday make it the social center to the area it once was.

In August 2012, Andy and Heather Johnson of Stahlstown bought the building and have since opened a business there.

“We always wanted to have our own business, and this gave us the opportunity to buy a building that obviously had a lot of history in the community, and make it into a place the community can still come to,” Heather Johnson said.

Over the past year, the husband-and-wife team has restored parts of the building.