Landmark Former Bank Building In Vernon Put On The Market

VERNON, CT — A landmark former bank building known for its hanging temperature display in the Rockville section of Vernon is now for sale.

A sign advertising the former United Bank/Rockville Bank building was visible over the weekend after being placed there by the listed broker, O, R and L Commercial. The asking price is $399,000, according to the listing. The building sits at 25 Park St.

In July, People's United Financial, Inc., the holding company for People's United Bank, announced an agreement to acquire United Financial Bancorp, the holding company for United Bank, in a 100 percent stock transaction valued at about $759 million.

That was about five years after the "new" United Bank was formed by a merger of Connecticut-based Rockville Bank and Massachusetts-based United Bank.

The Downtown Rockville branch was closed in February. The building is across Park Street from Rockville Superior Court on one side and the Vernon public school system central office complex on the other. The closing left school and judcial employees, as well as court attendees and those in the area with limited transportation, with no bank within walking distance.

The building was constructed in 1880, and measures 6,106 square feet, according to the listing. It is best known for the thermometer that hovers over the sidewalk.