List of the oldest churches in the United States
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. The original cathedral was constructed from wood in 1521. It was destroyed by a hurricane and the current structure constructed in 1540, being reshaped in later centuries, the last time being in 1917. Building has been within the territory of the U.S. since 1898, when Puerto Rico was annexed from Spain.[1]

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. Building has been within the U.S. since 1848, when the US annexed New Mexico territory following the Mexican–American War.[2][3]

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

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.[4]

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.[5]

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[6]

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.[7]

Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow

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

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

PA

1698

Presbyterian

Oldest Surviving church in Pennsylvania

Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes)

Wilmington, Delaware

DE

1698

Lutheran/Episcopal

Oldest Swedish Church in the United States

Great Friends Meeting House

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

Rehoboth Presbyterian Church

Rehoboth, Maryland

MD

1706

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

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.[8]

Trinity Church, Newport

Newport, Rhode Island

RI

1726

Episcopal

Oldest Episcopal Parish in Rhode Island

St. John's Episcopal Church

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. The church was named for Ferdinand III of Castile. In 1868, the cathedral was considerably enlarged in the Gothic style.

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

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

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.[9][better source needed]

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

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. George's in Philadelphia, PA, built in 1769)

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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