Roughly along Main Street between Route 117 and Middle Road and along School House and Cider Mill Road (added September 22, 1996) Preston City Historic District – Amos and Old Shetucket Roads, Northwest Corner Road, and Route 164 (added August 31, 1987) Notable people Nathan Belcher (1813–1891), lawyer, Connecticut state senator, and US congressman, born in Preston Jonathan Brewster (1593–1659), buried in Preston Isaac E. Crary (1804–1854), the first elected congressman from the state of Michigan, born in Preston William Howard Doane (1831–1915), industrialist and composer Beriah Green (1795–1874), abolitionist and author born in Preston Clarence Ellis Harbison (1885–1960), animal psychologist who lived his later life and died in Preston John Haskell Hewitt (1835–1920), classical scholar and professor born in Preston George D. Prentice (1802–1870), controversial newspaper editor born in town Henry Brewster Stanton (1805–1887), abolitionist, social reformer and husband of Elizabeth Cady Stanton; born in town George A. Starkweather (1794–1879), congressman for New York, born in Preston Henry H. Starkweather (1826–1876), postmaster and congressman born in Preston Joseph Steward (1753–1822), artist who studied and lived in Preston References External links Town of Preston official website Towns in New London County, Connecticut Towns in Connecticut Populated places on the Thames River (Connecticut)