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Washington is a rural town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the North Eastern region of the United States. The population was 3,646 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] Washington is known for its picturesque countryside, historic architecture, and active civic and cultural life.
The Westbrook Town Center Historic District encompasses the historic town center of Westbrook, Connecticut. Roughly linear in shape, the district extends along the Boston Post Road (United States Route 1), with its focal center at the junction with Essex Road (Connecticut Route 153). The area has been a center of civic activity since the early ...
Site of station is now a soccer field for the Rumsey Hall School which relocated here in 1949. New Preston: Stop serving Lake Wauramaug: Washington: 24 mi (39 km) The station was in the Washington Depot village in the Shepaug River valley. Valley Station Whistle stop for Holiday House (1893-1918) Judd's Bridge 22 mi (35 km) Roxbury: 18 mi (29 km)
New Preston is a rural village and census-designated place (CDP) in the northwestern corner of the town of Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.As of the 2010 census, the population of the New Preston CDP was 1,182, [1] out of 3,578 in the entire town of Washington.
Regional School District 12 (RSD 12) is a school district headquartered in the Washington Depot area of Washington, Connecticut. [2] It serves Washington, Bridgewater, and Roxbury. [3] In 2012 the district had 841 students. [4]
The Calhoun–Ives Historic District, or more formally the Calhoun Street–Ives Road Historic District, is a locally and nationally designated rural agricultural historic district in the town of Washington, Connecticut. [2] It is located a mile north of the village of Washington Depot, Connecticut. [3] It runs along Calhoun Street and Ives Road.
Washington village was settled in 1734, and its Congregational society was formed in 1741. The basic layout of the town green dates to this early period. The surrounding area developed agriculturally, and the village center's growth was boosted by the founding in 1850 of The Gunnery, a private boarding school still in operation today. In the ...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor visited City Hall in 1936 on their way to a rally in Library Park. [2]: 30 World War II affected the buildings as well. Scrap metal was piled up on the entourage in front of City Hall, and the tower was surrounded with scaffolding so that air wardens could keep watch from it. The Power House ...