# List of the oldest buildings in Texas

This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of Texas in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Texas and any other surviving structures, including those constructed during the Spanish colonization, before independence and during the early republic. Some dates are approximate and based on architectural studies and historical records, other dates are based on dendrochronology. All entries should include citation with reference to: period architectural features; a report by an architectural historian; or dendrochronology. Sites on the list are generally from the earliest period architecture. Only buildings built prior to 1840 are suitable for inclusion on this list or the building must be the oldest of its type.
| Building | Location | First Built | Notes |
| The Alamo | San Antonio | 1718 | Part of the San Antonio Missions, listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. Site of the Battle of the Alamo. |
| Alamo Mission Long Barracks | San Antonio | c. 1724 | The Alamo Chapel and Priests quarters and convent (Long Barracks) in San Antonio. In the center of the surrounding area are the remains of the "Long Barracks" which were constructed 20 years before the Chapel. Founded in 1718 and moved to present site 1724. |
| Mission Concepcion | San Antonio | 1731 | Part of the San Antonio Missions; listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. |
| Mission San Juan Capistrano (Texas) | south of San Antonio | 1731 | Spanish Mission |
| Espada Acequia | south of San Antonio | 1731 | Built by Franciscan friars in 1731 to supply irrigation water to the lands near Mission San Francisco de la Espada |
| San Fernando Cathedral | San Antonio | 1738–1750 | One of the oldest Cathedrals in the United States; the oldest Cathedral in Texas. Listed on the National Register of historic places. |
| Mission Espada | San Antonio | 1745 | Part of the San Antonio Missions; listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. Founded 1690; building current building constructed in 1745 |
| Presidio La Bahía | Goliad | 1749 | The best preserved Spanish presidio in the United States. |
| Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga | Goliad | 1749-1758 | Restored early mission nearby the Presidio La Bahia. |
| Spanish Governor's Palace | San Antonio | 1749 | |
| Ruiz House | San Antonio | 1750 | |
| Mission San Jose | San Antonio | 1768–1782 | Part of the San Antonio Missions; listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. |
| Zambrano House | San Antonio | 1780 | One of the oldest residence in the city. It was built by Macario Zambrano whose most well known son, Juan Manuel, put down the 1811 Casas Revolt. |
| Dolores Aldrete House | San Antonio | 1818 | |
| Brown-Woodlief Log House | southwest of Washington | 1824 | Built by William S. Brown one of the "Old Three Hundred" and one of the oldest log houses left standing in Texas. |
| James Walker Log House | east of Brenham | 1824 | Built by James Walker one of the "Old Three Hundred" whose sons John and James Jr. fought in the Texas Revolution. One of the oldest log cabins left standing in Texas. |
| Magee-Love Log House | near Goodrich | 1828 | |
| Cartwright-McCrary House | west of Clodine | 1830 | Home of Republic of Texas legislator Jesse H. Cartwright. |
| Casa Ortiz | Laredo | 1830 | Built by Don Jose Reyes Ortiz and one of the oldest buildings in the city. |
| Dale-Rugeley-Sisk Home | Matagorda | 1830 | Home of the first Lieutenant Governor of Texas, A. C. Horton. |
| James Jordan (Jardine) Log House | Montgomery | 1830 | |
| Republic of the Rio Grande Capitol | Laredo | 1830 | One of the oldest building sin the city and also the capitol of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande. |
| Trevino–Uribe Rancho | San Ygnacio | 1830 | One of the oldest buildings in San Ygnacio. |
| Fisher-Sargent-Gottschalk House | Matagorda | 1832 | Home of Samuel Rhoads Fisher, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the secretary of the Republic of Texas navy. |
| Sweeny-Waddy Log Cabin | East Columbia | 1833 | One of the oldest remaining slave cabins in the state built by John Sweeny Sr. for the Waddy family who continued living in it after they were freed. |
| Col. Charles DeMorse Home | Clarksville | 1834 | |
| Fanthorp Inn | Anderson | 1834 | At its core is a log cabin built by Englishman Henry Fanthorp. It was owned by Fanthorp descendants until it was sold to the state in 1977. |
| Varner-Hogg Plantation | north of West Columbia | 1834 | The plantation house of Columbus R. Patton, relative of several veterans of the Texas Revolution and later of former Governor Jim Hogg whose family struck oil on the property in 1920. It is currently a Texas State Historic Site. |
| Winedale Stagecoach Inn | west of Round Top | 1834 | |
| Ammon Underwood House | East Columbia | 1835 | At its core is an 1835 log cabin. |
| Burch-Cauble House | north of Chester | 1835 | Built by Peter Cauble and enlarged by his son-in-law and Battle of San Jacinto veteran Valentine Burch. |
| Cos House | San Antonio | 1835 | |
| Durst-Taylor House | Nacogdoches | 1835 | Built by the alcalde of Nacogdoches Joseph Durst. |
| Abram Alley Log Cabin | Columbus | 1836 | Oldest house in Columbus |
| Hutchinson-Korth Home | southwest of Washington | 1836 | |
| Jenkins House | Bastrop | 1836 | Home of Sarah Jenkins whose second husband died at the Battle of the Alamo. |
| Old Cavitt House | Wheelock | 1836 | |
| Thomas Barnett House | northwest of Rosenberg | 1836 | Home of Thomas Barnett the former mayor of Austin, member of the Consultation, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. |
| Campbell Taylor and Greenleaf Fisk House | Bastrop | 1836-1837 | Home to three Mina Volunteers from the Texas Revolution: Greenleaf Fisk, Campbell Taylor, and Jesse Holderman. The latter two fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. |
| Millard-Lee House | Nacogdoches | 1837 | |
| San Felipe Church | San Felipe | 1837 | It served as a town hall, school, Masonic hall, and continues to serve as a Methodist church. |
| Anderson House | San Augustine | 1838 | |
| Columbus Cartwright House | San Augustine | 1838 | |
| Michel B. Menard House | Galveston | 1838 | The home of Galveston's founder, Michel B. Menard, and the oldest surviving building in the city. |
| Samuel May Williams House | Galveston | 1838 | Home of one of Galveston's early settlers, Samuel May Williams, and the second oldest house in the city. |
| Stephen W. Blount House | San Augustine | 1838 | Home of a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a soldier during the Texas Revolution. |
| Swedish Log Cabin | Austin | 1838 | Originally built on Govalle Ranch owned by S. M. Swenson and later moved to the Zilker Botanical Gardens in Austin. |
| Townsend-Bremer House | south of Warrenton | 1838 | |
| Bridges House | Roganville | 1838-1840 | |
| Ezekiel Cullen House | San Augustine | 1839 | Home of Ezekiel Cullen a soldier of the Texas Revolution and Republic of Texas legislator. |
| Matthew Cartwright House | San Augustine | 1839 | Home of Matthew Cartwright, a Texas Revolution soldier and prosperous businessman. |
| Presbyterian Manse | Jefferson | 1839 | Oldest building in Jefferson |
| French Legation, Texas | Austin | 1841 | Oldest building in Austin on its original site; Built to represent the French government in the new Republic of Texas |
| Hord Log Cabin | Dallas | 1845 | Oldest building in Dallas |
| Kellum-Noble House | Houston | 1847 | Oldest building in Houston |