List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut
This article lists the oldest buildings in the state of Connecticut in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Connecticut and any other surviving structures.

List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut

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Table Section Text: This article lists the oldest buildings in the state of Connecticut in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Connecticut and any other surviving structures.

Building	Image	Township	Built	Notes

Henry Whitfield House	-	Guilford	1640	Oldest surviving stone American Colonial house in New England, museum since 1899.

Thomas Lee House	-	Lyme	1660–1664	Began as a one-room house, oldest wooden saltbox still in its primitive state, museum since 1897.

Deacon John Moore House	-	Windsor	1664	Moore was also a woodworker known for using the foliated vine design, which depicts vines and blossoms carved in shallow relief with flat surfaces.

John Hollister House	-	Glastonbury	1675	Built in around 1675, it is Glastonbury’s oldest house, built by early settlers.

Elisha Bushnell House	-	Old Saybrook	1678	The Colonial property includes two contributing buildings, the second being termed the "Slave House".

Joshua Hempsted House	-	New London	1678	One of the earliest documented houses in Connecticut, now a museum.

Deacon John Graves House	-	Guilford	1681	Saltbox saved from demolition and fully restored in 1983 by a private foundation, now a museum in Madison.

Feake-Ferris House	Greenwich	1689	The house was dated by dendrochronology to 1689.

Acadian House	-	Guilford	1690	Saltbox named after the Acadians who lived there following 1755 deportation from Canada.

John Randall House	-	Stonington	1690	Notable for its restoration in the 1930s by early preservationist Norman Isham.

Meigs-Bishop House	-	Guilford	1690	English tea room in Madison.

John Whittlesey Jr. House	-	Old Saybrook	1693	Private residence listed on the NRHP.

Comfort Starr House	-	Guilford	1695	Original oak clapboard in lean-to attic, residence. Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a construction date of 1695.

General David Humphreys House	DavidHumphreysHouse.jpeg	Ansonia	1695–1698	Home of the first U.S. Ambassador, now a museum.

Avery Homestead	-	Ledyard	1696	Begun as a single-story, one-room house and later expanded to a two-story, two-room house by 1726.

Hoyt-Barnum House	-	Stamford	1699	Early Cape Cod Cottage, Stamford Historical Society museum.

Eells-Stow House	-	Milford	1700–1720	Served as a hospital during Revolutionary War, now a museum.

Pond-Weed House	-	Darien	1700	Saltbox residence.

Samuel Huntington Birthplace	-	Scotland	1700–1722	Saltbox home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut, now a museum.

Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum	StantonDavis.JPG	Stonington	1700	A working farm for the last 340 years.

Stanley-Whitman House	-	Farmington	1709–1720	Saltbox with framed overhang style with carved pendants, now a museum.

John Tyler House	-	Branford	1710	Private residence listed on the NRHP.

Buttolph-Williams House	-	Wethersfield	1711	Connecticut Landmark museum.

Black Horse Tavern (Old Saybrook, Connecticut)	-	Old Saybrook	1712	Private residence listed on the NRHP. NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Enos Kellogg House

Hyland House	-	Guilford	1713	Saltbox with framed overhang, now a museum. Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a 1713 construction date.

Thomas Wheeler House	-	Bridgeport	1720	Was once part of Fairfield and is an area with deep colonial maritime history.

Swain-Harrison House	-	Branford	1724	Saltbox with overhang serves as the Branford Historical Society museum.

Nehemiah Royce House	-	Wallingford	1734	Saltbox, General George Washington slept here in 1775, once a residence for Choate Rosemary Hall.

Thomas Lyon House	Thomas Lyon House.JPG	Greenwich	1739	Oldest unaltered saltbox house in Greenwich.

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Thomas Lee House was built in 1660 and is one of the oldest buildings in Connecticut.

final_sentence: Thomas Lee House was built in 1660 and is one of the oldest buildings in Connecticut.