Ridgefield Historical Society

The Historical Society’s mission is to preserve, interpret, and foster public knowledge of Ridgefield’s historical, cultural, and architectural heritage.

The Society is headquartered at the 1714 Scott House, whose preservation, renovation, and restoration was completed in September 2002. We also operate and maintain the 1756 Peter Parley Schoolhouse, located at the intersection of West Lane & County Rte 35 in Ridgefield.

We strive to create a community dedicated to preserving and cultivating the memories of our town and neighbors, past and present. Most of the program content that we present is directly sourced from our state-of-the-art archives which contains over 10,000 historica