# List of the oldest buildings in West Virginia

This article lists the oldest extant buildings in West Virginia, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over West Virginia. Only buildings built prior to 1800 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type.
In order to qualify for the list, a structure must:
* be a recognizable building (defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy);
* incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height and/or be a listed building.
This consciously excludes ruins of limited height, roads and statues. Bridges may be included if they otherwise fulfill the above criteria. Dates for many of the oldest structures have been arrived at by radiocarbon dating or dendrochronology and should be considered approximate. If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates.

## List of oldest buildings

| Building | Location | First built | Use | Notes |
| Morgan's Grove | Shepherdstown, West Virginia | c. 1734 | Residence and springhouse | The springhouse is the only remnant |
| Robert Worthington House | near Charles Town, West Virginia | c. 1734 | Residence | Original portion dated to 1734, larger house appended in 1784, and later expanded further |
| Shepherd's Mill | Shepherdstown, West Virginia | prior to 1739 | Mill | Expanded through 1800s |
| The Hermitage (Charles Town, West Virginia) | Charles Town, West Virginia | c. 1740 | Residence | Stone structure on property is possibly the oldest building in West Virginia. |
| White House Farm (Jefferson County, West Virginia) | Charles Town, West Virginia | c. 1740 | Residence and farm | House c. 1740, barn is oldest in West Virginia |
| Aspen Hall (Martinsburg, West Virginia) | Martinsburg, West Virginia | c. 1741 | Residence | Main house built 1775, earliest portion 1741 |
| Maidstone-on-the-Potomac | Martinsburg, West Virginia | c. 1741 | Residence | Damaged by fire 2009 |
| Thomas Brown House (Inwood, West Virginia) | Inwood, West Virginia | c. 1741 | Residence | Main house built 1775, earliest portion 1741 |
| Snodgrass Tavern | Hedgesville, West Virginia | c. 1742 | Residence and tavern | |
| Hays-Gerrard House | Gerrardstown, West Virginia | 1745 | Residence | |
| Hedges-Lemen House | near Hedgesville, West Virginia | 1748 | Residence | Expanded 1792 |
| Baldwin-Grantham House | Shanghai, West Virginia | 1749 | Residence | Earliest portion built 1749 and expanded |
| Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House | Romney, West Virginia | c. 1750 | Residence | Kitchen building built c. 1750 |
| William Boggs Farm | Berkeley County, West Virginia | c. 1750 | Residence and farm | |
| Redbud Hollow | Martinsburg, West Virginia | c. 1750 | Residence and farm | |
| The Beverley | Charles Town, West Virginia | c. 1750 | Residence | Working farm since 1750 with buildings on the farm dating to founding of the farm |
| Union Bryarly's Mill | Darkesville, West Virginia | 1751 | Residence | Miller's house dated to 1751 |
| Ar-Qua Springs | Arden, West Virginia | c. 1751 | Residence | Progressively expanded from original log structure |
| Strode-Morrison-Tabler House and Farm | Hedgesville, West Virginia | 1752 | Residence | |
| Peter Burr House | Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia | c. 1753 | Residence | Built for a cousin of Aaron Burr, an opponent of the Washington family |
| Fort Van Meter (Hampshire County, West Virginia) | Glebe, West Virginia | c. 1754 | Fortification | |
| Fort Ashby | Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia | 1755 | Fortification | Built by order of George Washington, commanded by John Ashby |
| York Hill | Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia | c. 1755 | Residence | Oldest section of house dated to mid 1750s |
| Stone House Mansion | near Martinsburg, West Virginia | 1757 | Residence | |
| John, David, and Jacob Rees House | Bunker Hill, West Virginia | c. 1760 | Residence | |
| Miller's House, Tuscarora Creek Historic District | near Martinsburg, West Virginia | c. 1760 | Residence | |
| Cool Spring Farm (Gerrardstown, West Virginia) | near Gerrardstown, West Virginia | 1761 | Residence | |
| William Grubb Farm | near Charles Town, West Virginia | c. 1763 | Residence | |
| Hopewell (Millville, West Virginia) | near Charles Town, West Virginia | c. 1765 | Residence and mill complex | House and cottage built about 1765 |
| Boidstones Place | near Shepherdstown, West Virginia | 1766 | Residence | Expanded in the 1850s |
| Lick Run Plantation | Bedington, West Virginia | before and after 1770 | Residence and farm | Built for Samuel Washington |
| Harewood (West Virginia) | Charles Town, West Virginia | 1770 | Residence | Built for Samuel Washington |
| Col. James Graham House | Lowell, West Virginia | 1770 | Residence | |
| Byrnside-Beirne-Johnson House | near Union, West Virginia | 1770 | Residence and fortification | Expanded 1855 |
| Graham House | Lowell, West Virginia | c. 1770 | Residence | Squared log structure |
| Hiett House, North River Mills Historic District | North River Mills, West Virginia | c. 1770 | Residence | |
| Samuel Hedges House | near Hedgesville, West Virginia | 1772 | Residence | Expanded 1850s |
| Adam Stephen House | Martinsburg, West Virginia | 1772-1789 | Residence | |
| Hughes-Cunningham House | near Hedgesville, West Virginia | 1772 | Residence | Expanded c. 1784 |
| Kern's Fort | Morgantown, West Virginia | 1772 | Residence | |
| The Willows (Moorefield, West Virginia) | near Moorefield, West Virginia | before 1773 | Residence | |
| Van Swearingen-Shepherd House | near Shepherdstown, West Virginia | 1773 | Residence | Progressively expanded in the 19th century |
| Traveller's Rest (Kearneysville, West Virginia) | near Kearneysville, West Virginia | 1773 | Residence | Built for General Horatio Gates |
| Sloan–Parker House | near Junction, West Virginia | 1774 | Residence | Front section built 1790 |
| Gap View Farm | near Charles Town, West Virginia | 1774 | Residence | Main house built 1774, small building 1750 |
| Gilbert and Samuel McKown House | near Charles Town, West Virginia | 1774 | Residence | |
| Prato Rio | Leetown, West Virginia | 1775 | Residence | |
| Stump Family Farm | near Moorefield, West Virginia | c. 1775 | Residence | |
| Hays-Pitzer House | near Martinsburg, West Virginia | 1775 | Residence | Stone section built about 1800, log section 1775 |
| Springfield, Mill Creek Historic District | Bunker Hill, West Virginia | c. 1775 | Residence | |
| Henshaw Miller House, Mill Creek Historic District | Bunker Hill, West Virginia | c. 1780 | Residence | |
| Levi Shinn House | Shinnston, West Virginia | 1778 | Residence | |
| John Fryatt House, Darkesville Historic District | Darkesville, West Virginia | c. 1780 | Residence | |
| Thomas Swearingen House, Jones Mill Run Historic District | near Martinsburg, West Virginia | c. 1780 | Residence | |
| John VanMetre House | near Kearneysville, West Virginia | 1780s | Residence and farm | 1780, enlarged 1800 |
| Media Farm | Charles Town, West Virginia | 1780s | Residence and farm | Original structure built 1780s and progressively expanded |
| Happy Retreat | Charles Town, West Virginia | 1780s | Residence and farm | Original kitchen built about 1780 and expanded from there |
| Rockland (Shepherdstown, West Virginia) | near Shepherdstown, West Virginia | 1780s | Residence and farm | Original structure built 1771-1785 and progressively expanded |
| Fort Pleasant | near Moorefield, West Virginia | c. 1780s-1790s | Residence and fortification | Fortification built 17802, house built 1790s |
| Walnut Grove (Union, West Virginia) | near Union, West Virginia | 1780s | Kitchen built 1780s | |
| Jacob Prickett Jr. Log House | near Montana, West Virginia | 1781 | Residence | |
| White Bush | near Falling Waters, West Virginia | c. 1781-1785 | Residence | |
| Old Hemlock | Brandonville, West Virginia | c. 1782 | Residence | |
| Captain William Lucas and Robert Lucas House | near Shepherdstown, West Virginia | c. 1783 | Residence | |
| The Homestead, Burlington Historic District (Burlington, West Virginia) | Burlington, West Virginia | c. 1784 | Residence | |
| Johnston-Truax House | Weirton, West Virginia | 1785 | Residence | Repeatedly expanded |
| Rehoboth Church | Union, West Virginia | 1785-86 | Church | a log church, which is the oldest church in WV |
| Rumsey Hall (Shepherdstown, West Virginia) | Shepherdstown, West Virginia | 1786 onwards | Residence and hotel | Progressively expanded |
| Renick Farm (Renick, West Virginia) | Renick, West Virginia | 1788 | Residence and farm | |
| Old Stone Tavern (Moorefield, West Virginia) | Moorefield, West Virginia | 1788 | Residence and tavern | |
| Nicholas Switzer House | near Wardensville, West Virginia | 1788 | Residence | |
| Nathaniel and Isaac Kuykendall House | near Romney, West Virginia | 1789 | Residence | |
| Stuart Manor | Lewisburg, West Virginia | 1789 | Residence | 1778 building on site |
| Poor House, Tuscarora Creek Historic District | near Martinsburg, West Virginia | c. 1788 | Residence | |
| Ben Boyd Store, Darkesville Historic District | Darkesville, West Virginia | 1789 | Residence | Expanded in 19th century |
| Allstadt House and Ordinary | near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia | c. 1790 | Residence and tavern | Was involved in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry |
| Strider Farm | near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia | c. 1790 | Residence and farm | |
| Salt box House, Darkesville Historic District | Darkesville, West Virginia | 1790s | Residence | |
| The Rocks (Jefferson County, West Virginia) | near Meyerstown, West Virginia | c. 1790 | Residence and farmstead | |
| Miller House, North River Mills Historic District | North River Mills, West Virginia | c. 1790 | Residence | |
| Henry Sherrard Mill, Mill Creek Historic District | Bunker Hill, West Virginia | c. 1790 | Mill | |
| Stephen-Hammond Mill, Spring Mills Historic District | near Martinsburg, West Virginia | c. 1790 | Residence and mill | |
| John Lyle House, Tuscarora Creek Historic District | near Martinsburg, West Virginia | c. 1790 | Residence | |
| Robert Daniels House, Mill Creek Historic District | Bunker Hill, West Virginia | c. 1790 | Residence | |
| Baker House | Shepherdstown, West Virginia | 1790s | Residence | |
| Reed's Mill | Secondcreek, West Virginia | 1791 | Mill | |
| Chapline-Shenton House | Shepherdstown, West Virginia | 1793 | Residence | later used as a Civil War hospital after Antietam |
| Spring Valley Farm | Union, West Virginia | 1793 | Residence | Cabin built 1793 |
| Alexander Campbell Mansion | Bethany, West Virginia | 1793 | Residence | Repeatedly enlarged |
| Cold Spring (Shepherdstown, West Virginia) | near Shepherdstown, West Virginia | 1793 | Residence | |
| Jonathan Seaman House, Darkesville Historic District | Darkesville, West Virginia | c. 1795 | Residence | |
| Old Stone House (Morgantown, West Virginia) | Morgantown, West Virginia | 1796 | Residence | |
| Orndoff-Cross House | Morgantown, West Virginia | 1796 | Residence | |
| Old Stone Church (Lewisburg, West Virginia) | Lewisburg, West Virginia | 1796 | Church | |
| Stone Manse | Caldwell, West Virginia | 1796 | Parsonage | |
| Edward Rumsey House, Tuscarora Creek Historic District | near Martinsburg, West Virginia | c. 1796 | Residence | |
| Elmwood (Shepherdstown, West Virginia) | near Shepherdstown, West Virginia | 1797 | Residence | |
| Richwood Hall | near Charles Town, West Virginia | 1797 | Residence | Built for Lawrence Augustine Washington, expanded in 19th century |
| Miller's Tavern | Wellsburg, West Virginia | 1797 | Inn | Demolished 2019 |
| John Mathias House | Mathias, West Virginia | 1797 | Residence | Expanded 1825 |
| Mill Island (Moorefield, West Virginia) | near Moorefield, West Virginia | c. 1798 | Residence | Expanded 1840 |
| Hillside (Charles Town, West Virginia) | near Charles Town, West Virginia | c. 1799 | Residence | |
| Harper's Ferry Armory | Harper's Ferry, West Virginia | 1799 | Armory | Site of abolitionist John Brown's raid in 1859. |
| Beall-Air | Halltown, West Virginia | rear section before 1800 | Residence | Built for Lewis Washington, was involved in John Brown's raid |
| William Wilson House (Gerrardstown, West Virginia) | Gerrardstown, West Virginia | Between 1792 and 1802 | Residence | |
| Springhill, Mill Creek Historic District | Bunker Hill, West Virginia | c. 1790 | Residence | |