The Black Forest Community Club came into being in the mid-1920s. About 30 families lived in about a 420 square mile area bounded in the west by foothills, on the north by Douglas County line, on the east by Elbert County, across the south by a line from Falcon to Rattlesnake Hill, and then west to the foothills.
The people needed a place to hold meetings and social get-togethers. The little log school house on Shoup Road, just west of Black Forest Road, was not quite large enough. At that time, Black Forest Road was known as Templeton Gap Road because it was the road into Colorado Springs going through Templeton Gap northeast of Colorado Springs.

In 1924 the people decided to build a hall. Gertrude Burgess donated the land for the building, and the people of the area donated trees from their properties. Everyone pitched in to put up the building which still stands near the corner of Black Forest and Shoup Roads. The men cut the trees with axes and cross-cut saws and hauled them to the building site. The women and children helped by peeling the bark from the logs. It was a big project for so few families.

By 1927 the walls were up, the roof was on, and the floor was done. A dance was held to celebrate, even though the doors and windows had yet to be installed.

The Community Club was incorporated as a membership club for meetings, social events, and to promote the betterment and good of the forest. The club had dues and members had to be voted in. Members were voted in until the late 1930s when the requirement of voting in members was eliminated. In the 1950s the dues were 50 cents per year per family. – excerpt from https://www.bfcommunityclub.org/history.php
Author: Anna Mae Hawkins, “Keeper of the Forest”, 1986