Ridgefield Historical Society Annual Meeting
It's annual meeting season, and the Ridgefield Historical Society is hosting ours on October 18th.
It's annual meeting season, and the Ridgefield Historical Society is hosting ours on October 18th.
Join the Town of Ridgefield Graveyard Restoration Committee and the Ridgefield Historical Society for a self-guided tour featuring some of Olde Town Cemetery's most notable Revolutionary residents..
The Peter Parley Schoolhouse opens on Sunday, October 30, 1 - 4 pm. Jack and Sally Sanders will be on hand to welcome guests and answer questions.
Before the Gilded Age, before the American Revolution, before the first proprietors arrived — before Ridgefield was even known as Ridgefield — our land was occupied by American Indians.
Celebrating the lives and originality of four Ridgefield women from days gone by, Eccentric Women of Ridgefield is being presented by the Ridgefield Theater Barn with the collaboration of the Ridgefield Historical Society.
Celebrating the lives and originality of four Ridgefield women from days gone by, Eccentric Women of Ridgefield is being presented by the Ridgefield Theater Barn with the collaboration of the Ridgefield Historical Society.
On Sunday, December 4, the Ridgefield Historical Society welcomes back Silhouette artist Deborah O'Connor, for hand-cut Silhouettes — special portraits and gifts you will treasure for a lifetime.
Ridgefield’s current Demolition Delay Ordinance, created in 2019, requires the Building Department to inform the Historic District Commission and Ridgefield Historical Society when demolition applications are received. If a building or structure was built before 1950, the ordinance provides for a 30-day period for the two organizations to conduct research on the architectural, cultural, or […]
Following two sold-out November performances at the Ridgefield Theater Barn, Eccentric Women of Ridgefield will be staged at The Meetinghouse in Ridgefield, 605 Ridgebury Road, on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. Featuring Sheri Rak as Sarah Bishop, Charlotte Hampden as Mary Louise Beatrice Olcott, Benna Strober as Jacqueline Seligmann, and Emily Vopintesta as Carmela […]
On Tuesday, November 15, Ridgefield Public School students installed two Witness Stones at the Ridgefield Historical Society's David Scott House, honoring the lives of the enslaved individuals who inhabited the home centuries ago.
This Thursday, February 23, on Fairfield County's Giving Day, we invite you to help us preserve our World War II oral history collection. .
Join the Ridgefield Historical Society and our friends at the Ridgefield Library for a spectacular in-person performance about the Black experience in American history. In this musical event, Kimberly Wilson represents seven women — including Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks — whose lives spanned hundreds of years and laid the foundation for future generations. […]