CROP Walk, Geer Hill School Open House Today

Today, Oct. 16, is the annual CROP Walk to combat hunger, and this year the Ledyard walk will include six local churches.

Registration begins at 12:45 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Gales Ferry. Walkers will leave the church at 1:30 o.m. for either a 6-mile hike, or an abriviated 1.5-mile walk.

For more information, or to join the walk, contact Ackie Harley at 860 464-2058, or or by e-mail at sparrow43@comcast.net; or Judy Toth at 860 464-6527, or at bjtoth@comcast.net

Also today, the Geer Hill One-Room Schoolhouse on Route 117 and the Stagecoach Way Station on Church Hill Road will have an open house from 2-4 p.m.

The original Geer Hill School, built in 1735, burned down, but the existing building itself is almost 200 years old. Ledyard kids were still attending classes there until 1949, when the Ledyard Center School opened. 

The open house will show off some extensive renovations made to the school over the past year. The event is free, but donations are happily received.

These buildings are priceless pieces of town history.