Andrea Macko reports in Porcupine Soup that the so-called Fountain House in the middle of the Town of Cairo is under contract from an unidentified buyer. The property, a 6,300-square-foot structure at 576 Main St., was condemned by the town recently. Grist Mill Real Estate listed the property at $109,900. In 2022 the building was deemed “unfit for human occupancy,” and has been empty ever since. The building is a few feet from the Soldier’s Fountain that was put there in 1922, with a bronze memorial tablet with the names of 44 WWI veterans. The building dates back to between 1794 and 1800, making it one of the oldest in Cairo. The building has served as a post office, hotel, and a stagecoach stop on the Susquehanna Turnpike, and was called Dexter's Dance Hall in the mid-1800s. Read more about this story in Porcupine Soup.