Sunday, May 31 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Last Sundays at the Schoolhouse
The Peter Parley/West Lane District Schoolhouse, now a small museum operated by the Ridgefield Historical Society, will begin its seasonal open houses on Sunday, May 31, from 1 to 4 p.m. Other Sunday open houses will take place June 28, July 26, Aug. 30, Sept. 27 and Oct. 25, from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission to the schoolhouse is free, donations are accepted.
During each open house, guests are invited to tour the one-room school (last used by students in 1915) and learn about how Ridgefield’s district schools were organized and what has become of the structures where 18th, 19th and some 20th Century Ridgefielders received all of their education. Ridgefield Town Historian Jack Sanders and Historical Society Vice President, Sally Sanders, who are the schoolhouse’s stewards, will be on hand to answer questions.
As part of the Gateway Project, a Semiquincentennial project to upgrade the three triangles
along Route 35 leading to Main Street, has brought a new roof and chimney facing to the
schoolhouse, and accent lighting to the grounds, which will undergo further landscaping shortly.