The iconic Bellefontaine Armory, 1021 S. Main St., which has rested just north of the corner of south Main St. and Lake Ave since 1950, will be sold to Wawa Midwest, LLC as the Bellefontaine City Council Tuesday, May 26, passed an ordinance authorizing the property transfer at its regular meeting. 

The sale price for the building and the two parcels of land it straddles, totaling 1.32 acres, will be $550,000.

Wawa is a Delaware-based chain of gas stations/convenience stores which sprouted in the Philadelphia area before burgeoning to over 1,100 locations, mostly in states along the eastern seaboard. Wawa has been rapidly expanding into the Midwest market, and numerous stores have popped up in southwest Ohio as well as in Lima and Springfield, and probably quite soon, Bellefontaine.

The ordnance allowing the sale passed by a 6-1 vote, with Council Member Wes Easton casting the lone “no” vote on the third reading. Easton reiterated after the meeting that he would have preferred to have the Armory professionally appraised prior to the sale, but no discussion of the issue was made at Tuesday’s meeting. 

The future disposition of Katterhenry Investment Group, 1041 S. Main, which sits on 0.2 acres on the northeast corner of south Main Street and Lake Avenue is unknown at present.

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