The Whitridge House was the eighteenth century estate of Dr. William Whitridge. The home and its surrounding farmlands remained in the family until the 1950s most often serving as a summer home. Traveling artist Joseph Shoemaker Russell captured…

This site, the former Whitridge Hall, served as the launching pad for a memorable show business career. In the 1950s, a summer theater troupe called this building home. The troupe hired an 18-year-old actor named Charles Nelson Reilly, who made his…