Historical society shares memories after fire destroys Coombs landmark
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A historical society is looking to the past, after a nearly century-old building in a popular destination on Vancouver Island burned down.
Built in 1921 as the Coombs Community Hall, the Nanaimo Historical Society (NHS) says the building was the heart of the village until the mid-1900s.
Before it was sold in an effort to help finance the new Coombs Hall at the village’s rodeo grounds, it was a hotspot for local community events and celebrations. In recent years, it housed a cannabis shop.