Top of the agenda for the Town of Bethany's Board meeting tonight is the status of the Old Town Hall, which will be the site of a slide-show history of Bethany next Sunday, and is scheduled to get a new room.
The roof is being paid for by a grant secured by former State Senator Mary Lou Rath.
"We have to do take care of it this spring or early summer, because the thing is about 25 years old," said Town Council member William Gick.
The building, built in 1832, was originally a church and later a lodge, a grange, a town hall, then put to some other uses, according to Gick, and then a town hall again until 2007, when town staff moved into the new town hall.
After the new roof is in place, a portion of the building will serve as headquarters for the town historian. There are already some artifacts stored there, Gick said.
"And we'll try to make a serious effot to find a buyer for the building, or lease it, or otherwise put it to good use," Gick said. "It shouldn't just sit there. It should be put to get use."
Gick also encourages local residents to come out to the Old Town Hall Sunday at 2 p.m. for a visual tour of the town's history.
The Council meets tonight in the new Town Hall at 7:30 p.m.
