Located on a small piece of land surrounded by a triangle of roadway where Route 35 meets West Lane and Peter Parley Road sits the legendary Little Red Schoolhouse, known to some as Peter Parley Schoolhouse or West Lane Schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is holiday-ready with festive green wreaths and red bows that match the building's exterior.
Today, the schoolhouse is beautifully maintained by the Ridgefield Historical Society as well as by Ridgefield residents, Donna and Carl Warren who are responsible the schoolhouse 2012 renovation. You can read more about that here.
Here's a bit of schoolhouse history for our readers:
In 1915, the door of the schoolhouse closed, the flag was taken down and the bell no longer beckoned the young. The door wouldn't reopen again until 1961 when the Ridgefield Garden Club took the schoolhouse under their wing. "In 1961, the Garden Club ladies put in electricity, heat and painted the exterior- they really perked it up," says Garden Club member Donna Warren. In addition, club members volunteered as "docents"; opening the schoolhouse so visitors could take a look inside.