Next to Bisceglie Scribner Park stands a small building that has been in Weston since around 1790. It is the Old Post Office and General Store, and lately it has been vandalized. At the Board of Selectmen meeting on October 1, First Selectwoman Samantha Nestor raised a very preliminary idea. The building would move to the grounds of the Weston History & Culture Center, where an independent operator could run it as a coffee shop, an artisan gift shop and a place to gather. Weston Today reported that the Friends of the Weston Old Post Office Committee and the History & Culture Center had brought in experts. Those experts confirmed the building is worth saving and could be restored.
The idea grows out of the year Weston is finishing. Since March, the town's "Weston Celebrates America 250" program has filled barns, homesteads, a farm, a church and the library with Revolutionary-era talks, tours and exhibits. Much of what is left on the fall calendar happens in historic buildings or on historic grounds. The Old Post Office plan would give one of those places an everyday purpose once the anniversary ends.
Founders Day dedicates the time capsule on October 15
Weston's Founders Day is this Thursday. Founders Day and the dedication of the 2026 Weston Time Capsule take place on October 15 at 5:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Meeting Room. The Town's Founders Day calendar listing puts it at Town Hall, 56 Norfield Road. If you saved the date from the schedule Norfield Congregational Church posted in the spring, check it again. That schedule listed the ceremony for October 3 on the Town Green, but the Town has since set it for October 15 at Town Hall. The Town's October 2 newsletter describes it this way:
"This year's celebration holds special significance as we show our deep appreciation to the Weston Celebrates America250 Advisory Group for their hard work and commitment to honoring our history. Highlights of the event will include the official dedication of the 2026 Weston Time Capsule."
That passage comes from the Town's Town Hall Happenings newsletter of October 2. The Town has not yet published what goes into the capsule or when it will be opened.
Some of the fall program has already happened. "Loyalty and Zeal: Algonkians of the Revolution" ran outdoors at the History & Culture Center on October 4. Volunteers led the Coley Cemetery tour near 37 Weston Road, by Weston Gardens, on October 10. The church schedule still shows that tour on October 17, so anyone planning around that date has already missed it.
The Coley Homestead is where the year stays open
After Founders Day, most of what is left of the anniversary is at 104 Weston Road. Two Revolution exhibits are on view at the History & Culture Center through December 17, 2026.
"Sarah Treadwell: Connecticut Mom, American Patriot" opened May 9. It follows one local woman through her family and community roles, her family's activity during the Revolution, the pensions paid to veterans and their widows, and her resilience as a wife and mother. "Local Patriots & Loyalists of the American Revolution" takes in the wider town. It covers neighbors who fought for independence and neighbors who stayed loyal to the Crown, with Revolutionary War artifacts and profiles of local veterans. Selections from Weston Middle School's America 250 art show hang alongside them through the same December date.
The galleries are open only a few days a week. Public hours are Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m. and the first and last Sunday of each month, also from 1 to 4 p.m. The best day this month is Sunday, October 25, the Center's "Fall For History" open hours. The Coley House, the "Weston at Work" exhibit in the Coley Barn and the new Revolution exhibits are all open that day. Parking is off High Acre Road.
Three days later the Center starts something new. "Backstories & Breakfast" is a morning speaker series, and its first program is Wednesday, October 28, when Rebecca Gavin will speak about witches in Connecticut. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. and the talk starts at 10. These grounds are where the Old Post Office would go. The Center is already filling a weekday morning with coffee and conversation, and that is roughly the job a restored general store would do there every day.
Lachat Town Farm takes the history into the woods
At Lachat Town Farm, the Revolution gets the October treatment. The sixth annual "Spirits of 1776" runs October 22 through 25. It is a 45-minute guided walk on the farm's wooded trails. The first group leaves at 6:30 p.m., later groups leave every 20 minutes, and event parking is at 106 Godfrey Road. The farm also hosted the first event on the anniversary schedule, Colonial Tavern Nights, in March.
The same week, Lachat's barn hosts its adults-only Poe evenings. On October 30 and 31, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., Daniel Gerroll reads "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Masque of the Red Death" by candlelight. The farm's quieter fall offering is a series of free workshops on identifying and removing invasive plants. UConn's Invasive Plant Working Group, the Master Gardeners and the High School Green Team are all involved.
The rest of the season, in date order
The remaining dates also fall in Weston's older buildings and its library.
- October 15, 5:00 p.m. Founders Day and the Time Capsule dedication, Town Hall Meeting Room, 56 Norfield Road.
- October 18, 3:00 p.m. Author Nona Footz talks about her new biography of Alice DeLamar at Weston Public Library. The Friends of the Weston Library and the History & Culture Center present it together, as Weston Today reported.
- October 22, 7:00 p.m. Author and illustrator Em Sauter on the history of American beer, in the library's Community Room. Adults only, registration required.
- October 22 to 25 "Spirits of 1776" at Lachat Town Farm.
- October 25, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. "Fall For History" open hours at the Coley Homestead.
- October 28, 10:00 a.m. The first "Backstories & Breakfast" talk.
- October 30 and 31, 7:00 p.m. Poe by candlelight in the Lachat barn.
- November 8, 4:00 p.m. Pianist Anthony Ratinov opens the Friends of the Weston Library's 2026–27 Sunday Soundscapes series. It is also the first concert on the library's new Estonia grand piano.
- November 23, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. A wreath-decorating party at Norfield Grange, 12 Goodhill Road.
- November 26, noon to 3:00 p.m. Lachat's Thanksgiving community feast in the Offutt Center, catered by AMG Catering. Registration is $25 per person, and children under 12 eat free.
The selectmen have also approved $2,500 for musical acts at the annual holiday tree lighting and music festival.
What the Old Post Office would need
Back to the building by the park. Moving it is an idea, not a plan with a timeline. Weston Today's account of the October 1 meeting lists what still has to be worked out. The Town has to sort out the legal side of moving a town-owned building, estimate the costs, find funding and get input from the relevant authorities. No operator has been named, and no opening date has been set.
The idea builds on things Weston already has. The History & Culture Center has its exhibits, a barn, weekday breakfast talks and regular public hours. The Friends of the Weston Old Post Office Committee has spent its effort proving the building can be saved. A circa-1790 general store on those grounds would give the anniversary year a permanent address, and it would give the Coley Homestead a reason for people to stop by on days with no exhibit or talk. The next step is a cost estimate, and the Board of Selectmen is where that will show up first.
The time capsule dedicated on October 15 is one way Weston is keeping a record of this year. If you would like to talk about owning a home near the town's historic center, from Weston Road to the farm on Godfrey Road, Fatou Niang knows these streets and would be glad to talk with you. Work With Fatou.
