Whitehead house: Too young for reprieve? A review of town tax records on Monday could not establish that the house at 184 Alvin St. existed in 1914, so the property does not appear to meet the 100-year requirement to trigger a 60-day demolition delay. Whitehead is credited by "Jane's All the World's Aircraft," the bible of the aviation industry, with having flown a powered, heavier-than-air craft in 1901 -- two years before the Wright ...
April 21, 2014 - Connecticut Post