List of the oldest buildings in Delaware

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Delaware in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Delaware and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendrochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier. To be listed here a site must:

date from prior to 1776; or
be the oldest building in a county, large city, or oldest of its type (church, government building, etc.),

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Building	Location	First Built	Use	Notes
Block House	Claymont, Delaware	1654	Defense	Possibly the oldest building in Delaware, however, some date the building to ca. 1723
Ryves Holt House	Lewes, Delaware	1665	Residence	Likely the oldest house in Delaware
Lombardy Hall	Wilmington, Delaware	1683 (earliest part)	Residence	National Historic Landmark (NHL), home to Gunning Bedford, Jr., a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and a signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Belmont Hall	Smyrna, Delaware	1685 (earliest part)	Residence	large Georgian addition built about 1753 by Thomas Collins, who would become the sixth governor of Delaware.
Hendrickson House	Wilmington, Delaware from Chester, Pennsylvania	1690	Residence	Moved from Chester, PA to Wilmington, DE in 1958
Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes)	Wilmington, Delaware	1698	Religious	Oldest Swedish Church in the United States
Barratt's Chapel	Frederica, Delaware	1780	Religious	Oldest Methodist church building in the U.S.
New Castle County Court House	New Castle, Delaware	1732	Government	One of the oldest continuously used courthouses in America

List of the oldest buildings in Delaware

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