Editing Washington, Connecticut (section)

===19th century===

''Industrial Revolution''. Early in the 19th century, small mills and factories proliferated along the Shepaug River in present-day Washington Depot, which came to be known as "Factory Hollow". Small-scale industry simultaneously appeared along the banks of the East Aspetuck River in New Preston.

''Invention of Summer Camp''. In 1861, Frederick W. Gunn, the [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] founder of the Gunnery prep school, opened one of America's earliest [[summer camp]]'s in Washington.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kdclips.blogspot.com/2009/06/hello-muddah-ill-see-you-at-home.html |title=Hello muddah, I'll see you at home: Economy Throwing Cold Water on Many Campfires |first=Kristen A. |last=Domonell |date=June 17, 2009 |access-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref>

''Slavery Safe Harbor''. Washington was a stop on the [[Underground Railroad]]. Local residents provided a safe harbor for slaves fleeing captivity, and organized efforts to throw bounty hunters off the tracks of their pursuits.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.org/details/masterofgunnery01gibs |title=The master of the Gunnery |first=William Hamilton |last=Gibson |date=August 13, 1887 |publisher=New York, The Gunn Memorial Association |access-date=August 13, 2019 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

''Arcadian Movement''. The arrival of the [[Shepaug Railroad]] in Washington in 1872 introduced rail service to New York City, which brought an influx of new visitors. Architect [[Ehrick Rossiter]], then a recent graduate of the local [[The Gunnery|Gunnery]] prep school, saw an opportunity to establish an understated alternative to [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich]], [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], and the ostentation favored by the [[nouveaux riches]] of the day.<ref name="auto3">{{cite web |url=https://www.gunnlibrary.org/ |title=Home · Gunn Memorial Library and Museum |website=Gunn Memorial Library and Museum |access-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref> In collaboration with a coterie of wealthy New York patrons, Rossiter remade the Washington Green area into an idyllic summer colony, transforming it into an idealized version of the quintessential New England village. During this period, the [[Congregational church]] received a makeover, commercial enterprises were eliminated for aesthetic purposes, and restrained but elegant summer homes—many of them designed by Rossiter himself—were constructed.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=N7U9R3AK4aAC&dq=%22Return+to+Arcadia%3A+Ehrick+Rossiter%27s+Washington%22&pg=PA313 {{Dead link|date=October 2019}}</ref> Contemporaneously, new seasonal residents established themselves at [[Lake Waramaug]] in New Preston.