List of the oldest churches in the United States
Oldest church buildings

List of the oldest churches in the United States

Section Title: Oldest church buildings
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Cathedral of San Juan Bautista	-	San Juan, Puerto Rico	PR	1521–1540	Roman Catholic	The oldest church built in the United States and in the (non incorporated) U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.

Porta Coeli Church	-	San Germán, Puerto Rico	PR	1609	Roman Catholic	The second oldest church structure in the United States and in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico

San Miguel Mission	-	Santa Fe, New Mexico	NM	Approximately start in 1610 or 1626	Roman Catholic	The oldest church built in the continental US. The original adobe walls and altar were built by the Tlaxcalan Indians from Mexico under the orders of the Spaniards, but much of the structure was rebuilt in 1710.

Jamestown Church	-	Jamestown, Virginia	VA	1647 (Completed)	Anglican	Only floor tiles and foundations remain from the first brick church (with a tower added sometime earlier or later)

San Estevan Del Rey Mission Church	-	Acoma, New Mexico	NM	1649	Roman Catholic

Church of Saint Blaise of Illescas	ChurchCoamo.JPG	Coamo, Puerto Rico	PR	1661	Roman Catholic

Old Trinity Church	-	Church Creek, Maryland	MD	1675	Episcopal	Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the continental US.

St. Mary's, Whitechapel	-	Lancaster County, Virginia	VA	1675	Episcopal

Third Haven Meeting House	-	Talbot County, Maryland	MD	1681–84	Quaker (Friends)	Oldest Quaker meeting house in the United States.

Old Ship Church	-	Hingham, Massachusetts	MA	1681	Puritan, Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist	Only remaining 17th-century Puritan meetinghouse in the US.

St. Luke's Church	-	Smithfield, Virginia	VA	1682	Anglican, Episcopal after American Revolution, currently non-denominational and does not have a congregation.	National Historic Landmark

Old Indian Meeting House	-	Mashpee, Massachusetts	MA	1684	Congregational/Native American	Oldest Native American church

Church of Saint Germanus of Auxerre	-	San Germán, Puerto Rico	PR	1688	Roman Catholic

Old Quaker Meeting House	-	Flushing, New York	NY	1694	Quaker (Friends)	Oldest religious building in New York City. The only surviving example in New York State of a typical 17th-century ecclesiastical frame structure of medieval design.

Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow	Old Dutch Church taken by James Russiello.JPG	Sleepy Hollow, New York	NY	1697 (completed)	Dutch Reformed	Oldest church building in New York state

Grace Church	-	Yorktown, Virginia	VA	1697	Episcopal

Old Norriton Presbyterian Church	Old Norriton Presbyterian Church, East Norriton PA 01.JPG	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	PA	1698	Presbyterian	Oldest Surviving church in Pennsylvania

Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes)	Old Swedes Front.JPG	Wilmington, Delaware	DE	1698	Lutheran/Episcopal	Oldest Swedish Church in the United States

Great Friends Meeting House	Newport Friends Meetinghouse.JPG	Newport, Rhode Island	RI	1699	Quaker (Friends)	Quaker Meeting House, oldest surviving church in Rhode Island

Gloria Dei (Old Swedes' Church)	-	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	PA	1700	Lutheran/Episcopal	Oldest surviving church in Philadelphia

Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse	-	Portsmouth, Rhode Island	RI	1700	Quaker (Friends)

Six Principle Baptist Church	-	North Kingstown, Rhode Island	RI	1703	Baptist	Possibly oldest surviving Baptist church building in the U.S.

St. Mary's Episcopal Church	-	Burlington, New Jersey	NJ	1703	Episcopal	Oldest church in New Jersey

Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church	Snow Hill, Maryland	MD	1683	Presbyterian	Oldest continuously operated Presbyterian church in the United States

St. Andrews Episcopal Church	-	Charleston, South Carolina	SC	1706	Episcopal	Oldest church in South Carolina

Old Narragansett Church	-	Wickford, Rhode Island	RI	1707	Episcopal	Oldest surviving colonial Episcopal church in Northeastern USA

St. Michael's Church	-	Marblehead, Massachusetts	MA	1714	Episcopal	Oldest surviving Episcopal church building in New England on its original foundation

Merion Friends Meeting House	-	Merion Station, Pennsylvania	PA	1715	Quaker (Friends)	Third oldest Friends meeting house in the United States, and oldest place of worship in Pennsylvania

Old North Church	OldNorthChurchSteeple.JPG	Boston, Massachusetts	MA	1723	Episcopal	Oldest active church building in Boston and a National Historic Landmark, the Old North Church (formal name: Christ Church in the City of Boston) is the location from which the famous signal lanterns are said to have been displayed for Paul Revere's midnight ride during the American Revolution.

Trinity Church, Newport	-	Newport, Rhode Island	RI	1726	Episcopal	Oldest Episcopal Parish in Rhode Island

St. John's Episcopal Church	Stjohnshampton01.JPG	Hampton, Virginia	VA	1728	Episcopal	Oldest Episcopal Parish in the New World

St Francis Xavier Church	-	Compton, Maryland	MD	1731	Roman Catholic	Oldest Catholic Church in original 13 colonies.

Christ Church	-	Nanjemoy, Maryland	MD	1732	Episcopal	Oldest Episcopal congregation in Maryland

St. Thomas Episcopal Church	-	Bath, North Carolina	NC	1734	Episcopal	Oldest church in North Carolina

Cathedral of San Fernando	-	San Antonio, Texas	TX	1738	Catholic	Oldest church in Texas. Oldest RC Cathedral in contiguous United States.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church	-	Norfolk, Virginia	VA	1739	Episcopal	Oldest Surviving Building in The City of Norfolk.

Augustus Lutheran Church	-	Trappe, Pennsylvania	PA	1743	Lutheran	Oldest unaltered Lutheran Church in use by the same congregation

King's Chapel	Kings chapel boston 2009h.JPG	Boston, Massachusetts	MA	1754	Unitarian Christian	Oldest continually used religious site in Boston, present church building 1754

St. Michael's Church	-	Charleston, South Carolina	SC	1752–1761	Episcopal	Oldest church edifice in Downtown Charleston, SC

St. Paul's Chapel	St Paul's Chapel sunny jeh.JPG	New York, New York	NY	1766	Episcopal	Oldest church building in Manhattan

St. John's Episcopal Church	-	Fort Washington, Maryland	MD	1767	Epsicopal	Located in the Broad Creek Historic District. The building is the 4th iteration of the church since the original was erected in 1695.

Mission San Diego de Alcala	-	San Diego, California	CA	1769	Roman Catholic	First of the 21 California Missions, oldest church in use in California

The Falls Church	Thefallschurch.JPG	Falls Church, Virginia	VA	1769	Epsicopal	First church in Falls Church, Virginia and established by the colonial Virginia Assembly in May 1732 for the land north of the Occoquan River

St. Gabriel Catholic Church	St. Gabriel, Louisiana	LA	1776	Roman Catholic	Oldest church in the Mississippi River Valley

Barratt's Chapel	-	Frederica, Delaware	DE	1780	Methodist	Second oldest Methodist church building in the U.S. built for that purpose (the oldest is St.

Mission San Juan Capistrano	-	San Juan Capistrano	CA	1782	Roman Catholic

Wyandot Mission Church	-	Upper Sandusky	OH	1824	Methodist	The oldest Methodist mission church in America

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