This edition of the Scott House Journal features the history of the Branchville Schoolhouse and the Historical Society’s current work to save and restore it.
How different life would have been for Rachel Wallace Dauchy a Ridgefield resident almost 300 years ago!
Everyone has a story to tell, and this month we learn about the short life of Elijah Weed.
Laurie brings her art history and museum education experience to the board’s Special Projects Committee.
The 2023 Ridgefield Holiday Historic House Tour was a smashing success; thanks to all who participated!
For someone who died so long ago, it’s amazing how much has been written about the man and the key roles he played in the settling of Ridgefield.
This fall Witness Stones will commemorate the lives of Dinah and Peter, two enslaved inhabitants of the Scott House.
This edition of the Scott House Journal features the Couch family collection as well as a tribute to the Ridgefield Garden Club’s long association with the West Lane/Peter Parley Schoolhouse.
After Gen. David Wooster’s death at the Battle of Ridgefield, poet Phillis Wheatley penned a letter to Wooster’s wife, offering condolences and an elegy. A scan of that letter resides at the Ridgefield Historical Society.
Springtime is always busy in the world of education and the Peter Parley Schoolhouse is no exception. In recent weeks we’ve welcomed a whole new crop of Parley scholars — offering them a glimpse of Schoolhouse life in centuries past.
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