Sunday, October 26 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
SCHOOLHOUSE HALLOWEEN
No tricks, just treats at the Peter Parley Schoolhouse on Sunday, Oct. 26, from 1 to 4. Come in costume and chat with the schoolmaster and schoolmistress about the way school was conducted during the district school era in Ridgefield.
The Peter Parley/West Lane District Schoolhouse operated from 1756 to 1915, serving families within about a mile’s walk of the building. Restored by the Ridgefield Garden Club, the school is now maintained by the Ridgefield Historical Society as a small museum of early education. It’s open on the last Sunday afternoons of May through October.
Work on the schoolhouse and the triangle on which it is located is currently going on as part of the Gateway Project, an effort to upgrade the three triangles along West Lane (Parley, Olmstead and the Cass Gilbert Fountain) that greet visitors to Ridgefield.
This will be the last Sunday at the Schoolhouse for 2025 and the schoolhouse will reopen in May 2026. Admission is free, donations are accepted. The schoolhouse is located at the intersection of West Lane and South Salem Road.