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New Preston Hill Historic District
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Congregational Church known as "Old Stone Church"
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| Location: | New Preston Hill, Findley and Gunn Hill Rds., Washington, Connecticut |
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| Area: | 210 acres (85 ha) |
| Architectural style: | Colonial, Italianate, Federal |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 85001931[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | August 26, 1985 |
The New Preston Hill Historic District is a 210-acre (85 ha) historic district in the town of Washington, in Litchfield County, Connecticut. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1985.[1]
The most salient element in the district is the "Old Stone Church" of the New Preston Congregational Church, a building that has no heat or electricity and is used by the church during the summer and for weddings. The church has another building, the "Village Church" that is used for the rest of the year, outside this district.[2]
The NRHP nomination asserted:
Despite the heterogeneity of its component structures, the district, which has developed over two centuries, enjoys a cohesive sense of place from the rural setting, spaciousness and slow pace of development. Mostly 19th-century in character, it has 18th-century components and 20th-century buildings of similar scale and mass that in the aggregate constitute a historic, rural, Connecticut village.[3]:5
The historic district is on a hill west of the village of New Preston and is included in the census designated place centered on New Preston. It includes ten land parcels: five facing on the New Preston Hill common, 4 on New Preston Hill Road, and one on Gunn Hill Road.[3]
There are 12 contributing buildings:[3]
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