Index

A&P, 30, 33

Addessi Jewelers, 27

Albertype Company, 6, 7-8, 11, 13, 19, 99

Aldrich Museum, 14, 16, 47

Altnacraig, 51-52, 120

Ancona family and market, 108-09

Arden Camps, 119

Bacon, Elizabeth and Peggy, 66

Bailey, Lewis H., 68

Bailey Avenue, 22-23

Bailey Inn, 68

Ballard Park, 46

Battle of Ridgefield, 18, 19, 20, 49, 65, 83, 122-23

Beacon Hill Cottage, 49

Bedient building, 22-23, 28

Benjamin Franklin Grammar School, 50, 92-93

Bennett’s Pond, 64

Bernard’s Inn at Ridgefield, 55

Biglow, Lucius H. 32, 46

Bissell, H.P., 26, 55, 101

Bissell’s Drug Store, 8, 26

Bluebird Apartments, 76

Boehringer Ingelheim, 94

Book Barn, 114

Bradley, Col. Philip Burr, 46

Branchville, 39, 105-10

Branchville Station, 105-07

Brown house, 125

Brundage & Benedict store, 32

Cady, J. Cleveland, 10, 81

Cady, Dr. Philander, 10

Camp Hidden Valley, 110

Camps, 59, 109-10, 116, 118

Cannonball House, 12

Cary, Melbert B., 61

Casagmo, 18, 19, 20, 43-45, 122-23

Catoonah Street, 22-23, 40, 88-89, 121

Central Garage, 26

Cheesman estate, 90

Churches, 81-90, 121

Circle F Ranch, 116

Circle Luncheonette, 116

Coleman’s Lunch, 31

Community Center, 46

Congregation of Notre Dame, 63, 90

Conley, Col. Louis D., 64, 70, 78, 112, 113

Corner Store, 4, 12, 101

Crane, Thaddeus, 32

Cugene Electric, 30

Culbertson, Ely, 56

CVS, 28, 35

Danbury Road (Route 35), 64, 74, 97, 98

Dempsey, Lillian Loomis, 60, 103

Denton, S.S., 33

Denton Block, 33, 40

Donnelly Shopping Center, 42

Doubleday, George, 54

Downesbury Manor, 116

Dunrovin, 61

Dutton, E.P., 50, 98, 120

East Ridge, 100, 120

Eight Lakes Estates, 80

Elms Inn, The, 6, 17, 67

Farrar, Geraldine, 60, 103

Finch’s Cigar Store, 12, 113

Fire of 1895, 22-23, 31, 32, 41

First Congregational Church, 4, 10, 13, 48, 81-82

First National Bank and Trust Company, 25, 30

First Union Bank, 24, 26

Florida Hill Road, 116, 121

Florida Road, 109

Fountain, Cass Gilbert, 11, 12, 82

Fox Hill condominiums, 64, 73, 97

Fox Hill Inn, 64, 73, 78

Freund estate, 49, 86

Gail’s Station House, 26

Gage Block, 24, 42

Gaines Research Kennels, 64, 112-13

Gardens, 57, 58, 119

Gilbert, Cass, 11, 12, 66, 82

Gilbert, George Washington, 125

Gilbert, Victor, 77

Golf Lane, 56, 117, 120

Goodrich, S.G., 53, 91

Gottlieb, Morris, 34

Governor Street, 21, 100

Graeloe, 46

Grey Court College, 56, 96

Gristede Bros. Market, 27

Grovelawn, 46, 100

Grovellen, 53

Hamilton, C.A., 51, 120

Happy Shop, Walker’s, 33

Hauley (Thomas) house, 15, 48

Hawley Cottage, 48

Hay Day Market, 24, 42

Hearthstone Outpost Inn, 70

Hepburn, A. Barton and Emily, 51

Hibbard, J.W., store, 34

High Ridge, 50-53, 89, 98-99, 102, 120

Hilltop Service Station, 114

Holt, Charles Henry, 53

Holy Ghost Fathers novitiate, 90

Hubbard’s radio store, 33

IBM, 62, 64

Ingersoll, George Pratt, 55, 75

Ingleside, 55

Inn at Ridgefield, 75

Inns and resorts, 65-80

Jennings, Albin, 69, 71

Jesse Lee Methodist Church, 22-23, 40, 49, 86-87, 92, 121

John the Chinaman, 21

Kane Inn, 75

Keeler family, 10, 65

Keeler Tavern, 11, 12, 65

King family homestead, 47

King Lane, 15, 47, 48

Knights of Columbus, 50, 89

Knox, Col. Edward M., 116, 125

Kuhlmann’s Modern Grocery, 33

La Bretagne Inn, 76

Lannon House, 32, 33, 35

Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. F.E., 56-58

Lewis Drive, 58

Life Farm Fresh Air Camp, 59, 109-10

Lounsbury, Gov. Phineas, 46, 100

Lynch, John H., 63

Main Street, 9-37, 81-87, 92, 121

Mamanasco Lake, 61, 78-79, 124

Mamanasco Lake Lodge, 78-79

Manor Road, 56

Manresa, 78, 90

Maplewood Hotel, 103

Masonic Hall, 22-23, 28

McCarthy Brothers Plumbing, 32

Mead’s Store, 106-07

Mench, George A., 42

Mignery, George A., 8, 68,

Miracle Studio, 112

Mitchell, John Ames, 59, 103, 109, 121

Nash Apartments, 16

Nash, Karl S. 6, 87, 121

Nook, The, 77

Northoline, 60

Norwalk River, 97, 105, 107

Nydeggen, 61, 78

Odd Fellows Hall, 48

Olcott, George and Mary, 43-45

Old Hundred, 14, 16

Old Sib Road, 80, 104

Olmstead house, 2

Olmstead Lane, 2

Orchard, The, 119

Osborn family, 35, 42, 93

Outpost Farm, 64, 113

Outpost Inn, 64, 69-74, 97

Outpost Nurseries, 64, 73, 112

Outpost Pond, 74, 97

Peaceable Street (village), 15, 53-54

Peaceable Street (Branchville), 107

Peck, Louise D., 104

Perry’s Market, 27

Peter Parley, 53, 91

Port of Missing Men, 80, 104

Post office, 27, 105

Private Mailing Cards, 4, 7, 102

Prospect Street, 38, 39, 125

Rabin, Edward and Jerry, 28

Railroads, 38, 39, 105-06

Ressiguie, Abijah, 66

Ridgebury Congregational Church, 82

Ridgefield Bakery, 32, 111

Ridgefield Country Club (West Lane), 57,

Ridgefield Country Club (Peaceable Street), 117

Ridgefield Fire Department, 31, 41, 76

Ridgefield Garden Club, 14, 44, 46, 57, 92, 119, 121

Ridgefield Golf Club, 117

Ridgefield Grange, 92

Ridgefield Hardware, 27, 28

Ridgefield High School, 93-94

Ridgefield Inn, 9, 66

Ridgefield Library, 14, 16, 17, 35, 36, 37, 38, 119

Ridgefield Manor Estates, 56

Ridgefield News Store, 30

Ridgefield Office Supply, 12, 27

Ridgefield Pharmacy, 33

Ridgefield Playhouse (new), 84

Ridgefield Playhouse (old), 38

Ridgefield Police Department, 100

Ridgefield Press, 22-23, 31

Ridgefield Resort, 56, 58

Ridgefield (Savings) Bank, 21, 24, 25, 30, 42

Ridgefield School, 9, 66, 94-95

Ridgefield Station (Depot), 38, 39

Ridgefield Supply Company, 39

Rockelein, Conrad, 33

Rockwell Road, 10

Round Pond, 62

Route 7, 64, 103, 108-09, 112-13, 115

Ryan Company store, 33

St. Ignatius Retreat House, 78

St. Mary’s Church, 88-89

St. Stephen’s Church, 14, 42, 50, 83-85

St. Vincent DePaul Fathers, 62, 90

Schenck, Henry deB., 61, 78

Schools, 91-96

Schultze’s Meat Market, 33

Scott Block, 27, 29, 30, 40

Scott, Ernest, 27

Seymour, Clifford A., 50

Shaffer, Dr. Newton M., 49

Shapley School, 73

Shelton, Mr. and Mrs. George, 119

Shields, Mrs. Laura Curie Allee, 47

Silver Spring Country Club, 117, 118

Smith’s Pharmacy, 37

Smith’s Tavern, 36

Society of St. Pius X, 90

Sound View Farm, 50

Sperry’s Livery Stable, 40

Stebbins house, 18, 20, 122-23

Stevens, Charles H., 111

Stokes, James, 62

Stonehenge Inn, 77

Storer, Albert H. and Sophie, 14

Streetlamps, 11

Sullivan, William Mattheus, 61

Sunset Hall, 62

Telephone Building, 32, 33, 35, 92

Temple Shearith Israel, 54

Thomas, Mrs. A.L., 120

Tode’s Inn, 75

Touching up cards, examples of, 15, 25, 29, 107

Town Hall, 30, 31

Tuppence, 32, 33, 35

Underwood & Underwood, 7-8, 18

United Nations, 62

Upagenstit, 56-58, 96

Venus, Richard E., 6

Veterans Park, 46

Veterans Park School, 42, 46

Village Bank & Trust Company, 38

Waldeck Kennels, 113

Walker, Charles Wade, 33, 87

Wars Memorial, 15

Watering trough, 59, 121

Webster Bank, 38

Wesley Hall, 49

West Lane, 4, 13, 55-61, 75-76, 91, 101-03

West Lane Inn (modern), 55, 76, 101

West Lane Inn (old), 76

West Lane Schoolhouse, 91

West Mountain, 10, 62, 63

Westmoreland, 54

Whitlock’s Livery Stable, 22-23, 40

Wiggin, Albert H., 54

Wild Flower Farm, 61

Windover, 59

Wilton Road West, 49, 114

Yankee Ridge shopping center, 35, 38

Yervant, John, 78

Ziegler, Mrs. E.M., 49