Halloween at the Schoolhouse

There will be treats, not tricks, on Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Peter Parley/West Lane District Schoolhouse on West Lane. It’s the final Sunday open house of the 2026 season and traditionally we invite visitors to come in costume.

Learn about a prank at the schoolhouse that had lasting consequences for the schoolhouse or read about the hermitess Sarah Bishop, whom Samuel G. Goodrich (Peter Parley) portrayed in a poem as The Mountain Hag.

The West Lane School was established in the mid-18th Century and served the neighborhood until 1915. It is now a small museum of early Ridgefield education, maintained by the Ridgefield Historical Society. Admission is free on Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m.

Last Sundays at the Schoolhouse take place May through October.