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. The structures in this district are built principally in the Georgian style. Education Washington is part of the Connecticut Region 12 School District, which operates the following schools in Washington: Reach Preschool Washington Primary School Shepaug Valley School (secondary) The town is also home to four private educational institutions: Rumsey Hall School The Gunnery Devereux Glenholme School Washington Montessori School Notable people Christopher Andersen, journalist and author Helen Armstrong, violinist Christine Baranski, actress Robert Barnett, choreographer Peter Brimelow, magazine editor Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair magazine Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece Jim Dine, artist Rufus Easton, U.S. congressman Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch, co-founder of Abercrombie & Fitch William Jedediah Ford (town physician), 1800s Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, aviator Matthew Franjola, former reporter and photographer for the Associated Press William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator, author and naturalist Frederick Gunn, abolitionist, educator, and inventor of summer camp Thomas Hastings, composer Ann Hodgman, author Alfred R. Kelman, film producer & director Dan Lufkin, co-founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Paul Marks, scientist Jeff McCracken, actor, director, producer Danny Meyer, restaurateur Conan O'Brien, comedian David Owen, author Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece Moses Pendleton, choreographer Orville Hitchcock Platt, U.S. senator, 1879–1905, author of the Platt Amendment dictating U.S.-Cuba relations after 1901 Joan Rivers, comedian Ehrick Rossiter, architect Scott Rudin, film producer Sold his 18th-century home in Washington in 2007 George Soros, financier Art Spiegelman, cartoonist Phil Stong, novelist Peter C. Sutton, art historian James Taylor, musician William vanden Heuvel, diplomat and author Chris von Wangenheim, photographer Heather Watts, dancer Elisha Whittlesey, US congressman Damian Woetzel, dancer Jonathan Wolken, choreographer Stuart Woods, author In popular culture Television writer/producer Amy Sherman-Palladino used a trip to Washington Depot and the Mayflower Inn with her husband Daniel as the inspiration and basis for the fictional town of Stars Hollow seen in her television series Gilmore Girls, along with Lorelai Gilmore's workplace, the Independence Inn. A Gilmore Girls fan festival took place in the town in October 2016, in anticipation of the series' Netflix revival. Portions of the 1981 horror movie Friday the 13th, Part 2, were filmed in New Preston. References External