Editing Washington, Connecticut (section)

== Infrastructure ==

===Transportation===
[[U.S. Route 202]] runs east–west in the northern part of town, connecting the villages of [[Marbledale, Connecticut|Marbledale]], [[New Preston, Connecticut|New Preston]], and Woodville. [[Connecticut Route 109]] runs east–west near the town's geographic center, connecting Washington Depot with [[New Milford, CT|New Milford]] and [[Morris, CT|Morris]]. The main north–south highways are [[Connecticut Route 47|Route 47]], [[Connecticut Route 199|Route 199]], and [[Connecticut Route 45|Route 45]]. There is no public transportation within the town.

===Architecture===
A substantial percentage of the houses in Washington were built prior to 1950,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cerc.com/townprofiles/getPDF.asp?Town=Washington|title = Site Unavailable}}</ref> and many of the structures built since then have faithfully followed the town's rural New England vernacular, resulting in an unusual degree of architectural cohesion. Washington has many well preserved historic homes, built in the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]], [[Greek Revival]], [[Italianate]], and [[Shingle style|Shingle]] styles, and many 19th century mill structures, barns, and other agricultural outbuildings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonct.org/hdcguidelines.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 21, 2010 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719174957/http://www.washingtonct.org/hdcguidelines.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Connecticut Historical Commission<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.truffa.net/cslib-org/|title=Informativa per l'utenza: il sito cslib.org diventerà truffa.net|website=www.truffa.net|access-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref> conducted a comprehensive inventory of historic structures in Washington and in 2000 published the voluminous "Historic and Architectural Resource Survey of Washington, Connecticut," which includes detailed information about dozens of historic structures throughout the town.

===Historic districts===
Washington includes three municipal historic district and one federally designated National Register district.
* The [[Washington Green Historic District]] encompasses the area around the Congregational Church and includes portions of Green Hill Road, Kirby Road, Parsonage Lane, and Old North Road. The district includes several buildings designed by architect [[Ehrick Rossiter]], together with well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century houses designed in the [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]], [[Greek Revival]], and [[Italianate]] styles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonct.org/historic.html |title=Historic District Commission - Washington, Connecticut |access-date=June 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725080627/http://www.washingtonct.org/historic.html |archive-date=July 25, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The [[Calhoun–Ives Historic District]] runs along Calhoun Street and Ives Road. It is Connecticut's only agricultural historic district and is characterized by modestly scaled 18th- and 19th-century farmhouses, built in the Georgian and Greek Revival styles, together with accompanying agricultural outbuildings, farm fields, and fruit orchards.
* The [[Sunny Ridge Historic District]] encompasses the area along Sunny Ridge Road, just south of its junction with [[Connecticut Route 109]], and includes several well-preserved 18th century Georgian homes.
* The [[New Preston Hill Historic District]] overlays portions of the top of New Preston Hill, along New Preston Hill Road and Findlay Road, approximately three quarters of a mile west of the New Preston village center.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> The structures in this district are built principally in the Georgian style.