Stroll through Main Street history on Oct. 10

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Take a walk through the history of southern Main Street with author and town historian Jack Sanders on Saturday, Oct. 10 (rain date Oct. 17), at 10 a.m. The two-hour strolling tour will begin and end at Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, corner of King Lane and Main Street.

Sanders, the author of Ambling Along Old Main Street (copies available at the Ridgefield Historical Society, Books on the Common and Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center), will share stories about the many interesting people who have lived in homes and had businesses on Main Street, on a route that will go north as far as St. Stephen’s Church and south as far as the southernmost crosswalk on Main Street.

On the approximately two-mile route, he’ll describe buildings that are no longer standing as well as tell how some have been altered or moved. Learn about an inn (sadly no longer standing) that was home to two well-known artists and doubled in the off-season as a boys’ school. Sanders will tell the story of Wesley Hall’s changing appearance when it was privately owned and its changing use as part of the Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church complex.

The group size is limited to 20, age 12 or older. Tickets are $35 or $30 for Ridgefield Historical Society members. For more information, visit ridgefieldhistoricalsociety.org; for tickets, https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/main-street-walking-tour-with-jack-sanders.