List of the oldest buildings in the United States
17th century

List of the oldest buildings in the United States

Section Title: 17th century
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Building	Image	Location	State	First Built	Use	Notes

Porta Coeli	-	San Germán	PR	1609	Religious	The church has been on US territory since Puerto Rico was annexed in 1898.

Palace of the Governors	-	Santa Fe	NM	1610	Government	Oldest seat of colonial government (Spanish). Building has been within the United States since the Mexican Cession of 1848.

San Miguel Mission	-	Santa Fe	NM	1610	Government/religious	Said to be the oldest church structure built in the United States. The original adobe walls and altar were built by the Tlaxcalan of Mexico, but much of the structure was rebuilt in 1710.

Fairbanks House	-	Dedham	MA	1641	Residential	Oldest house in the United States of timber-frame construction. Date verified using dendrochronology.

C. A. Nothnagle Log House	Nothnagle Log House.JPG	Gibbstown	NJ	c. 1638–1643	Residential	Purportedly the oldest surviving log house in the U.S. and the oldest house in New Jersey.

A carpenter's shed	Gardiners Island	NY	1639	Residential	The oldest surviving wooden structure built in New York and was purportedly built when Lion Gardiner first settled on the island.

Henry Whitfield House	-	Guilford	CT	1639	Residential	Oldest stone American Colonial house; oldest house in Connecticut.

Jamestown Church	-	Jamestown	VA	1639–1643	Religious	Oldest church building in the original 13 colonies (though only the foundations remain from the original brick building).

Loomis Homestead	-	Windsor	CT	1640	Residential	One of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house was built in 1640 by Joseph Loomis, who came to America from England in 1638.

Richard Sparrow House	-	Plymouth	MA	1640	Residential	Oldest house in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Broad Bay Manor	-	Virginia Beach	VA	c. 1640 or c. 1660	Residential	Purportedly the oldest extant European-built house in the southeastern United States. Built by Thomas Allen either c.

Lower Swedish Cabin	LowerSwedishCabin.JPG	Drexel Hill	PA	c. 1640–1650	Residential	One of the earliest extant examples of Swedish log construction in the United States.

Wing Fort House	-	East Sandwich	MA	1641	Residential	Oldest home in New England continuously owned by the same family; now a museum.

Thomas Wheeler House	-	Bridgeport	CT	1644–1680	Residential	Core from 1644, expanded 1680, oldest house in Bridgeport Black Rock Harbor, residence.

James Noyes House	-	Newbury	MA	1646	Residential	Reverend James Noyes left Wiltshire, England, with his brother, Nicholas Noyes and cousin, Thomas Parker, bound for MA in the mid 1630s and built this house, which still stands, in 1646.

De Vargas Street House	-	Santa Fe	NM	1646	Residential	Previously claimed to be oldest house in the United States and Santa Fe.

General Israel Putnam House	Putnam House, Danvers, Massachusetts - front view.JPG	Danvers	MA	c. 1648	Residential	Recorded in the National Register of Historic Places. The house is now operated by the Danvers Historical Society and open by appointment.

Pickering House	Pickering House - Salem, Massachusetts.JPG	Salem	MA	1651	Residential	Located in the Chestnut Street District.

Wyckoff House	-	Brooklyn	NY	1652	Residential	Oldest house in New York City.

White Horse Tavern	White Horse Tavern Newport.JPG	Newport	RI	1652	Tavern	Oldest tavern in America. Originally constructed in 1652 as a residence for judge Francis Brinley, converted to a tavern in 1673.

Block House	-	Claymont	DE	1654	Residential	One of the oldest structures in Delaware, built by the Swedish.

Ryves Holt House	-	Lewes	DE	1655	Residential	Purportedly the oldest house in Delaware.

Lent-Riker-Smith Homestead	Lent Homestead 01.JPG	East Elmhurst	NY	1656	Residential	Oldest occupied residential structure in Queens, New York.

Newman-Fiske-Dodge House	-	Wenham	MA	1658	Residential	Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Bellingham-Cary House	-	Chelsea	MA	1724	Residential	The Bellingham-Cary House is an historic house museum at 34 Parker Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The building, now a Federal style mansion, incorporates in its structure the 1659 hunting lodge of colonial governor Richard Bellingham, and is the only surviving 18th-century building in the city.

Old Halsey House	-	Southampton	NY	1683	Residential	Built by Thomas Halsey, an English pioneer, the house is now a museum.

Stephen Northup House	-	North Kingstown	RI	ca. 1660–1661 (possibly rebuilt)	Residential	possibly burned during King Philip's War in the 1670s and rebuilt, later modifications 1712, 1850, 2004

Thomas Lee House	-	East Lyme	CT	1660–1664	Residential	One of the oldest wood-frame houses in Connecticut still in its primitive state.

James Blake House	James Blake House, Dorchester, Massachusetts - exterior.JPG	Boston	MA	c. 1661	Residential	Oldest house in the city of Boston.

John Bowne House	-	Flushing, Queens	NY	c. 1661	Residential	Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Reverend James Keith Parsonage	-	West Bridgewater	MA	1662	Residential	Preserved and maintained by the Old Bridgewater Historical Society.

Bronck House	-	Coxsackie	NY	1663	Residential	Oldest house in upstate New York.

Richard Jackson House	-	Portsmouth	NH	1664	Residential	Oldest house in New Hampshire.

Pickman House	-	Salem	MA	1664	Residential	Located on Charter Street behind the Peabody Essex Museum, the oldest continually operated museum in America. The house abuts the Witch Memorial and is also next to the second oldest burying ground in America.

Gedney House	Gedney House (exterior) - Salem, Massachusetts.JPG	Salem	MA	1665	Residential	Allegedly the second oldest house in the City of Salem, located in the Chestnut Street District and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England.

Bacon's Castle	-	Surry	VA	1665	Residential	Located at 465 Bacon's Castle Trail, this is perhaps the oldest intact building with satisfactorily credible age authentication still standing in the Commonwealth of Virginia (and perhaps the entire Southeastern region of the US) and one of the oldest brick buildings still standing in the United States.

Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House	Perine-house.JPG	Staten Island	NY	1665 c.	Residential	Built by Pierre Billiou, a French Huguenot pioneer, the house is now a museum.

Fort Christian	USVI St. Thomas Charlotte Amalie Fort Christian.JPG	Charlotte Amalie	VI	1666–1680	Military	Fort originally built by the Danish, oldest building in the US Virgin Islands. Has been on US soil since the 1917 purchase of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.

Jabez Howland House	-	Plymouth	MA	1667	Residential	Only extant house in Plymouth occupied by Pilgrims. John Howland and his wife, Elizabeth Tilley Howland, who both came over on the Mayflower, spent their winters here with their son, Jabez, one of their ten children.

Peter Tufts House	Peter Tufts House, Medford, Massachusetts.JPG	Medford	MA	1667–1668	Residential	Some historians consider it to be the oldest all-brick house in the United States.

House of the Seven Gables	-	Salem	MA	1668	Residential	National Historic Landmark, setting of the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Timothy Knapp House	-	Rye	NY	1670	Residential	Considered the oldest residential property in Westchester County, New York. The property has been owned by only five families between 1663 and 1992.

Abraham Manee House	-	Staten Island	NY	1670	Residential	The Abraham Manee House, also known as the Manee-Seguine Homestead, is a three-part Colonial Dutch dwelling similar to the Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House in Old Town, and was designated a New York City landmark in 1984.

Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum	StantonDavis.JPG	Stonington	CT	ca. 1700	Farmhouse	The farm has been worked every year since 1654.

Newport Tower	-	Newport	RI	1670 c. (disputed to be older)	Commercial	Colonial windmill. No roof or floors since the mid-18th century.

Nehemiah Royce House	Nehemiah Royce House, Wallingford, Connecticut.JPG	Wallingford	CT	1672	Residential	A typical saltbox, this house was visited by George Washington in 1775.

John Woodward House	-	Newton	MA	c. 1671	Residential	Built by John Woodward in what is now the Waban neighborhood, this is one of the oldest homes in Newton. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Castillo de San Marcos	-	St. Augustine	FL	1672–1695	Government	Oldest masonry fortification in the United States.

Old Trinity Church, Maryland	-	Church Creek	MD	1675	Religious	Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the United States.

Narbonne House	Narbonne House - Salem, Massachusetts.JPG	Salem	MA	1675	Residential	The house is on the waterfront in Salem and is part of the Salem Maritime National Historic Site. The site has 12 historic structures, including the Customs House, and a replica of the sailing ship Friendship of Salem.

Conference House	-	Staten Island	NY	c. 1675	Residential	Only pre-Revolutionary manor house still surviving in New York City.

Hoxie House	-	Sandwich	MA	c. 1675	Residential	One of the oldest houses on Cape Cod.

The Witch House	The witch house salem 2009.JPG	Salem	MA	c. 1675	Residential	Also called the Jonathan Corwin House, this was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin and is the only structure still standing in Salem, Massachusetts with direct ties to the Salem witch trials of 1692.

John Hollister House	-	South Glastonbury	CT	c. 1675	Residential	Seventeenth century deeds describe this house being on "The Great River".

Edward Sewall Garrison	-	Exeter	NH	1676	Residential

Harlow Old Fort House	-	Plymouth	MA	1677	Residential	Built in 1677 by Sergeant William Harlow, using timbers from the Pilgrims' original fort on Burial Hill.

Edward Searle House	-	Cranston	RI	1677	Residential	The house was rebuilt in 1677 on the site of the original 1670 structure, destroyed by Native Americans during King Philip's War.

John Whipple House	-	Ipswich	MA	1677	Residential	In 2005 a dendrochronology test determined that the earliest surviving part of the house was actually built in 1677. A major addition of roughly equal size was built in 1690, and there are various later additions.

Joshua Hempstead House	-	New London	CT	1678	Residential	Built about 1678 and altered several times during the 18th century, it is one of the Connecticut's oldest surviving buildings, and provides a virtual catalog of early construction methods due to its state of preservation.

Coffin House	-	Newbury	MA	c. 1678	Residential	Built by Tristram Coffin, Jr., in 1678, the property remained within the Coffin family until acquired by Historic New England in 1929.

Boelson Cottage	-	Philadelphia	PA	c. 1678–84	Residential	Built sometime between 1678 and 1684; oldest extant structure in Fairmount Park and possibly the oldest extant house in Philadelphia.

Smith's Castle	-	Wickford	RI	1678	Residential	One of the oldest houses in Rhode Island, now a museum.

Blackbeard's Castle	-	Charlotte Amalie	VI	1679	Military	Watchtower used by the Danes to protect the harbor from attacks. Has been on US soil since the 1917 purchase of the islands from Denmark.

Clement Weaver House	-	East Greenwich	RI	1679	Residential	Oldest privately owned house in Rhode Island.

John Balch House	John Balch House - Beverly, Massachusetts.JPG	Beverly	MA	c. 1679	Residential	John Balch received the deed to the land on which the house sits in 1635; the building was constructed by Balch's son and grandson in 1678/1679, and is one of the oldest continuously privately deeded properties in the United States.

Paul Revere House	-	Boston	MA	c. 1680	Residential	Oldest building in downtown Boston.

William Penn Guest House	New Castle	DE	c. 1680	Residential	Oldest buildings in New Castle. Purportedly where William Penn lodged after first arrival in America.

Hurd House	Woodbury	CT	c. 1680	Residential	The older, north section, dates to around 1680 and was the home of John Hurd, who became the town’s miller in 1681.

John Adams Birthplace	John Adams birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG	Quincy	MA	1722	Farmhouse	Oldest existing building within which a future President of the United States was born (John Adams, October 30, 1735)

Old Ship Church	-	Hingham	MA	1681	Religious	Oldest church in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States; only remaining 17th-century Puritan meeting house in America.

St. Luke's Church	-	Smithfield	VA	1682	Religious	Recent dendrochronology studies confirm the 1682 date of this National Historic Landmark.

Wall House	Wall house front.JPG	Cheltenham Township	PA	1682	Residential	Possibly the oldest stone house in Pennsylvania. Built for Richard Wall, the founder of Cheltenham Township.

Third Haven Meeting House	-	Talbot County	MD	1682	Religious	Oldest Quaker meeting house in the United States.

Parson Capen House	Parson Capen House - Topsfield, Massachusetts.JPG	Topsfield	MA	1683	Residential	The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. The Topsfield Historical Society currently operates it as a historic house museum.

Caleb Pusey House	ACalebPuseyHouse.JPG	Upland	PA	1683	Residential	Only extant building known to have been visited by William Penn. Completed in 1696.

Sgt. George Flint House	North Reading	MA	prior to 1684	Residential	The Sgt. George Flint House is owned by the North Reading Historical and Antiquarian Society, which also owns the Rev.

Old Indian Meeting House	-	Mashpee	MA	1684	Religious	Oldest Native American church.

John Ward House	-	Salem	MA	1684	Residential	The John Ward House is a National Historic Landmark at 132 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts, located in the Downtown Salem District and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1968.

Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow	-	Sleepy Hollow	NY	1685	Religious	Oldest church in the State of New York.

Sign of the Bird in Hand	-	Newtown Borough	PA	1686	Tavern	Originally a residence, then tavern with other uses. Oldest frame house still standing in Pennsylvania.

Jethro Coffin House	-	Nantucket	MA	1686	Residential	Oldest house on Nantucket. It was declared a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1968.

William Murray House	-	Salem	MA	1688	Residential	A historic house at 39 Essex Street.

Wilbor House	-	Little Compton	RI	1690	Residential	Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, the house serves as the headquarters of the Little Compton Historical Society.

Acadian House	-	Guilford	CT	c. 1690	Residential	The house gets its name after the Acadians who resided there following the 1755 Great Expulsion.

Farmar Mill	MathersMillPA.JPG	Fort Washington	PA	c. 1690	Mill	Oldest surviving mill in Pennsylvania.

Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm	Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (front) - Newbury, Massachusetts.JPG	Newbury	MA	c. 1690	Residential	One of the oldest stone buildings in New England, now a nonprofit museum.

Dickinson-Pillsbury-Witham House	-	Georgetown	MA	c. 1694	Residential	The Dickinson-Pillsbury-Witham House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Parker Tavern	-	Reading	MA	1694	Tavern	Parker Tavern is now a museum owned by the Reading Antiquarian Society.

Old Quaker Meeting House	-	Flushing, Queens	NY	1694	Religious	The only surviving example in New York State of a typical 17th-century ecclesiastical frame structure of medieval design.

Pink House	-	Charleston	SC	1694–1712	Residential	Built by John Breton in the city's French Quarter, the house is one of the oldest buildings in South Carolina and the oldest building in Charleston.

Abraham Browne House	Browne House - Watertown, Massachusetts.JPG	Watertown	MA	c. 1694–1701	Residential	Built by Abraham Browne, the house is the oldest remaining in Watertown. It is owned by Historic New England and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wren Building	-	Williamsburg	VA	1695	School	Oldest school building in America, original The College of William & Mary structure.

Merion Friends Meeting House	-	Merion Station	PA	1695	Religious	One of the oldest Quaker meeting houses in America.

John Sherburne House	Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire LCCN2011631411.tif	Portsmouth	NH	1695	Residential

Holy Trinity Church	Old Swedes Front.JPG	Wilmington	DE	1698–99	Religious	Oldest Swedish church in the United States. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

Great Friends Meeting House	Newport Friends Meetinghouse.JPG	Newport	RI	1699	Religious	Expanded in 1730, 1807, 1857, and 1867 to accommodate the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends.

Hoyt-Barnum House	-	Stamford	CT	c. 1699	Residential	The builder was a descendant of one of the original founders of Stamford. The structure is owned and maintained as a museum by the Stamford Historical Society.

Middleburg Plantation	-	Huger	SC	c. 1699	Residential	Possibly the oldest building in South Carolina. It was a plantation built by a French Huguenot Benjamin Simons in 1699 on the Cooper River near Huger, South Carolina.

Old House	-	Cutchogue	NY	1699	Residential	One of the oldest houses in the state; previously thought to have been built in 1649. 2003 dendrochronology surveys yielded a date of 1699.

Strawbery Banke	-	Portsmouth	NH	numerous structures – 17th–19th centuries	Residential and Industrial	Strawbery Banke is a collection of 37 historic buildings dating back to the 17th century.

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The Fairbanks House in Dedham, built in 1641, was the oldest timber-frame house that has been verified by dendrochronology.

final_sentence: The Fairbanks House in Dedham, built in 1641, was the oldest timber-frame house that has been verified by dendrochronology.