Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Legacy

Legacy

  • Goodrich's land in Jamaica Plain was subdivided into residential streets, among them Peter Parley Road, Parley Avenue and Parley Vale.
  • There is a street called Peter Parley Row in Berlin, CT, presumably honoring the author's Connecticut birthplace.
  • There are two streets bearing his name in Ridgefield, CT, Parley Road and Parley Lane.
  • James Joyce mentions the name of Peter Parley in his novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man at the end of chapter I.
  • One room Schoolhouse in Ridgefield, CT, was named after Peter Parley.

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