The Hall was originally the Pennyghael School, which was built to a design by the prominent architect, Robert Rowand Anderson, in 1872. At the time Anderson was restoring the abbey on Iona.

The building has always provided a space for the Community to gather. The image opposite shows a wedding march led over the Pennyghael bridge by the church piper, Calum MacLean in 1905. The procession started at the Pennycross Church and ended at the Kinloch Hotel. The Pennyghael Hall as we know it now was used to celebrate the homecomings on the return from the honeymoon,

The school finally closed in 1982 and became the Community Hall offering locals and visitors a wide range of social events including music, arts, and film.