List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut

This article attempts to list the oldest buildings extant in the U.S. state of Connecticut, including the oldest houses and any other surviving structures. Construction dates are based upon tax records, dendochronology, architectural studies or other public records. If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates. Location is the original township where building was constructed.

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Building	Township	Built	Notes
Henry Whitfield House	Guilford	1639	Oldest surviving stone American Colonial house in New England, museum since 1899.^[1]
Captain David Judson House	Stratford	1639–1723	Stone fireplace and foundation (cellar) from 1639, later Georgian Architecture modifications, Stratford Historical Society museum.^[2]^[3]^[4]
Loomis Homestead	Windsor	1640–1688	Ell from 1640, main house from 1688, oldest wooden house in Connecticut, now Loomis Chaffee School.
Thomas Wheeler House	Fairfield	1644–1680	Core from 1644, expanded 1680, oldest house in Bridgeport Black Rock Harbor, residence.
Comfort Starr House	Guilford	1645–1646	Oldest wooden saltbox residence in Connecticut, original oak clapboard in lean-to attic, residence.^[5]
Thomas Lee House	Lyme	1660–1664	Began as a one-room house, oldest wooden saltbox still in its primitive state, museum since 1897.^[6]
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.
Ephraim Hawley House	Stratford	1670–1690	Began as a 1 1/2 story Cottage, original oak clapboard lean-to attic, saltbox residence.^[7]^[8]^[9]
Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum	Stonington	1670–1700	A working farm for the last 340 years.
Nehemiah Royce House	Wallingford	1672	Saltbox, General George Washington slept here in 1775, once a residence for Choate Rosemary Hall.^[10]
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.^[11]
Parker House	Old Saybrook	1679	Deacon William Parker House.
Swain-Harrison House	Branford	1680–1724	Saltbox with overhang serves as the Branford Historical Society museum.^[12]
Deacon John Graves House	Guilford	1681	Saltbox saved from demolition and fully restored in 1983 by a private foundation, now a museum in Madison.^[13]
Zachariah Curtiss Houses	Stratford	1686–1721	Early Georgian architectural style, residence.^[7]^[8]
Acadian House	Guilford	1690	Saltbox named after the Acadians who lived there following 1755 deportation from Canada.^[14]
Hyland-Wildman House	Guilford	1690–1710	Saltbox with framed overhang, now a museum.^[15]
Thomas Lyon House	Greenwich	1690	Oldest unaltered saltbox house in Greenwich.
Meigs-Bishop House	Guilford	1690	English tea room in Madison.^[16]
Jonathan Murray House	Guilford	1690	Private residence in Madison listed on the NRHP
John Whittlesey Jr. House	Old Saybrook	1693	Private residence listed on the NRHP.
General David Humphreys House	Ansonia	1695–1698	Home of the first U.S. Ambassador, now a museum.
Hoyt-Barnum House	Stamford	1699	Early Cape Cod Cottage, Stamford Historical Society museum.^[17]
Eells-Stow House	Milford	1700–1720	Served as a hospital during Revolutionary War, now a museum.^[18]
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.^[19]
Stanley-Whitman House	Farmington	1709–1720	Saltbox with framed overhang style with carved pendants, now a museum.^[20]
John Tyler House	Branford	1710	Private residence listed on the NRHP.
Buttolph-Williams House	Wethersfield	1711	Connecticut Landmark museum.^[21]
Black Horse Tavern (Old Saybrook, Connecticut)	Old Saybrook	1712	Private residence listed on the NRHP.^[22]^[23]