The Walingford Town Council decided to sell the historic American Legion building to a local business owner for $125,000. The decision on Tuesday endedover 15 years of controversy over the fate of the historic property at 41 South Main St., according to the Meriden-Record Journal. The town bought the building in a foreclosure auction in 1995 for $190,000, planning to use it for a Town Hall expansion and additional parking.
However, the state attorney general’s office, working on behalf of the Connecticut Historical Society, blocked the town’s plan to demolish the building because of its protected status as part of the downtown historic district. Richard Termini, owner of Rick’s Antiques and Coins on North Colony Street and the building on Center Street that houses J. Christian’s Restaurant, wants to turn the building, which was previously owned by American Legion Shaw-Sinon Post 73, into offices and luxury apartments. Read full story.