Hanscom Hall is situated on the original main thoroughfare through the small agricultural trading community of Talent. Horace Hanscom acquired the lot in 1906, evidently with the intent of building a lodge hall. He hired his two sons, Charles and Daniel, to construct the building, which he leased to others for commercial purposes.

Used almost continuously as a cafe and confectionery for its first seventy years, the building is one of the city's oldest commercial buildings and is the only identified example of false-front wood-frame construction to pre-date the fire of 1911.

Adapted from the NRHP nomination submitted in 1996.