Ashelford Hall generator. The Esmond Men's Community Club disbanded on December 11, 1974, with four charter members still active in the club. Entertainment From the beginning, Ashelford Hall served as a community center and entertainment venue. During the 1920s, a community orchestra performed at the building for various community and Grange events. The orchestra disbanded in the 1930s but Ashelford Hall continued to host a variety of entertainment events in its first two decades, including Vaudeville shows, medicine shows, parties, showers and wedding receptions, with the second floor serving as a popular dance hall. Weekends would feature performances by local bands and orchestras. South Grove Grange South Grove Grange No. 1838 was organized in 1925 by several members of the Willowdale Grange in DeKalb County and F.A. Jones of Peoria, Illinois. The Grange meetings were held at Ashelford Hall. There the farmers who were members of the Grange would meet to discuss new farming techniques and the farming market as well as see new product demonstrations. In 1929 a juvenile Grange was organized. By the early 1930s the adult Grange had 72 members, DeKalb County's largest such group. References National Register of Historic Places in DeKalb County, Illinois Buildings and structures completed in 1925 Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois