List of the oldest buildings in the United States

This article attempts to list the oldest extant, freestanding buildings constructed in the United States and its territories. The list includes sites in current states and territories which were not part of the original Thirteen Colonies when the United States of America was founded in 1776. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier.

Pre-16th century

Building	Image	Location	State	First Built	Use	Notes
Ancestral Puebloan communities		New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah	NM AZ CO UT	750 – Pueblo construction begins in AD 750 and continues to present	Villages	Majority of settlements abandoned, but some very well preserved. Buildings have been within the United States since the Mexican Cession of 1848.
Taos Pueblo		north of the modern city of Taos	NM	1000 – Built between 1000 and 1450	Residential	Said to be the oldest continuously inhabited houses still occupied. Buildings have been within the United States since the Mexican Cession of 1848.[1]
Acoma Pueblo		on top of a 367-foot (112 m) sandstone mesa in Cibola County	NM	1000 – Built between 1000 and 1200	Residential	Said to be the oldest continuously inhabited site in the United States. Buildings have been within the United States since the Mexican Cession of 1848.

16th century

Building	Image	Location	State	First Built	Use	Notes
Cathedral of San Juan Bautista		Old San Juan	PR	1521	Religious	Part of the San Juan National Historic Site. Oldest church building in the U.S. and its territories, originally built in its current location (extensive additions and renovations). The Cathedral has been on U.S. territory since Puerto Rico was annexed in 1898.
San José Church		Old San Juan	PR	1532	Religious	Part of the San Juan National Historic Site. Additions and renovations over the centuries. The church has been on U.S. territory since Puerto Rico was annexed in 1898.
La Fortaleza		Old San Juan	PR	1533	Government	Part of the San Juan National Historic Site. Oldest executive mansion in the New World. Extensive reconstructions took place over the centuries. Building has been within the U.S. since 1898 when Puerto Rico was annexed.
Castillo San Felipe del Morro		Old San Juan	PR	1539	Government	Part of the San Juan National Historic Site. Construction started in 1539, with extensive additions over the centuries. Building has been within the U.S. since 1898 when Puerto Rico was annexed.

17th century

Building	Image	Location	State	First Built	Use	Notes
Porta Coeli		San Germán	PR	1609	Religious	The church has been on US territory since Puerto Rico was annexed in 1898.
Palace of the Governors		Santa Fe	NM	1610	Government	Oldest seat of colonial government (Spanish). Building has been within the United States since the Mexican Cession of 1848.[2]
San Miguel Mission		Santa Fe	NM	1610	Government/religious	Said to be the oldest church structure built in the United States. The original adobe walls and altar were built by the Tlaxcalan of Mexico, but much of the structure was rebuilt in 1710. Building has been within the United States since the Mexican Cession of 1848.[3]
Fairbanks House		Dedham	MA	1637	Residential	Oldest house in the United States of timber-frame construction. Date verified using dendrochronology.[4]
C. A. Nothnagle Log House		Gibbstown	NJ	c. 1638–1643	Residential	Purportedly the oldest surviving log house in the U.S. and the oldest house in New Jersey.
A carpenter's shed		Gardiners Island	NY	1639	Residential	The oldest surviving wooden structure built in New York and was purportedly built when Lion Gardiner first settled on the island.
Henry Whitfield House		Guilford	CT	1639	Residential	Oldest stone American Colonial house;[5] oldest house in Connecticut.
Jamestown Church		Jamestown	VA	1639–1643	Religious	Oldest church building in the eastern US (though only the foundations remain from the original brick building).
Loomis Homestead		Windsor	CT	1640	Residential	One of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house was built in 1640 by Joseph Loomis, who came to America from England in 1638. Later additions to the Loomis house were made around the turn of the 18th century. It is now a part of the Loomis Chaffee School.
Richard Sparrow House		Plymouth	MA	1640	Residential	Oldest house in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Broad Bay Manor		Virginia Beach	VA	c. 1640 or c. 1660	Residential	Purportedly the oldest extant European-built house in the southeastern United States. Built by Thomas Allen either c. 1640[6] or c. 1660[7] on land granted to him by Governor Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr. The small center portion of what is now a much larger structure, it was primarily constructed from Flemish bond brick. Corroborative dating efforts have not been performed. It has always been a private residence. It is located in the Broad Bay Colony part of northeastern Virginia Beach.[8]
Lower Swedish Cabin		Drexel Hill	PA	c. 1640–1650	Residential	One of the earliest extant examples of Swedish log construction in the United States.[9]
Wing Fort House		East Sandwich	MA	1641[10]	Residential	Oldest home in New England continuously owned by the same family; now a museum.[10]
Thomas Wheeler House		Fairfield	CT	1644–1680	Residential	Core from 1644, expanded 1680, oldest house in Bridgeport Black Rock Harbor, residence.
Saugus Iron Works		Saugus	MA	1645	Industrial	The Saugus Iron Works was the 17th century equivalent of a modern-day steel mill. It was a large, sophisticated industrial operation—equal to anything in Europe—and it was built only 25 years after the Pilgrims arrived.
De Vargas Street House		Santa Fe	NM	1646	Residential	Previously claimed to be oldest house in the United States and Santa Fe.
General Israel Putnam House		Danvers	MA	c. 1648	Residential	Recorded in the National Register of Historic Places. The house is now operated by the Danvers Historical Society and open by appointment.
Old House		Cutchogue	NY	1649	Residential	One of the oldest houses in the state; moved in 1661 to present site from Southold.
Pickering House		Salem	MA	1651	Residential	Located in the Chestnut Street District.
Home of Henry Adams		Medfield	MA	1652	Residential	Home of Henry Adams, the great uncle of President John Adams, who was killed on the doorstep of this home by Metacomet's Indians.
Wyckoff House		Brooklyn	NY	1652	Residential	Oldest house in New York City.[11]
White Horse Tavern		Newport	RI	1652	Tavern	Oldest tavern in America.[12] Originally constructed in 1652 as a residence, converted to a tavern in 1673.[13]
Block House		Claymont	DE	1654	Residential	One of the oldest structures in Delaware, built by the Swedish.
Ryves Holt House		Lewes	DE	1655	Residential	Purportedly the oldest house in Delaware.
Lent-Riker-Smith Homestead		East Elmhurst	NY	1656	Residential	Oldest occupied residential structure in Queens, New York.
John Trull House		Billerica	MA	1657	Residential	Still a private residence.
Newman-Fiske-Dodge House		Wenham	MA	1658	Residential	Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Old Halsey House		Southampton	NY	1660	Residential	Built by Thomas Halsey, an English pioneer, the house is now a museum.
Stephen Northup House		North Kingstown	RI	ca. 1660–1661 (possibly rebuilt)	Residential	possibly burned during King Philip's War in the 1670s and rebuilt, later modifications 1712, 1850, 2004
Thomas Lee House		East Lyme	CT	1660–1664	Residential	One of the oldest wood-frame houses in Connecticut still in its primitive state.
James Blake House		Boston	MA	c. 1661	Residential	Oldest house in the city of Boston.
John Bowne House		Flushing, Queens	NY	c. 1661	Residential	Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Reverend James Keith Parsonage		West Bridgewater	MA	1662	Residential	Preserved and maintained by the Old Bridgewater Historical Society.
Bronck House		Coxsackie	NY	1663	Residential	Oldest house in upstate New York.
Richard Jackson House		Portsmouth	NH	1664	Residential	Oldest house in New Hampshire.[14]
Pickman House		Salem	MA	1664	Residential	Located on Charter Street behind the Peabody Essex Museum, the oldest continually operated museum in America. The house abuts the Witch Memorial and is also next to the second oldest burying ground in America. The house is private, owned by the Peabody Essex Museum and not open for tours.
Gedney House		Salem	MA	1665	Residential	Allegedly the second oldest house in the City of Salem, located in the Chestnut Street District and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England. The house is rarely open to the public, though private tours can be arranged.
Bacon's Castle		Surry	VA	1665	Residential	Located at 465 Bacon's Castle Trail, this is perhaps the oldest non-ruined building with satisfactorily credible age authentication still standing in the Commonwealth of Virginia and one of the oldest brick buildings still standing in the United States. If Broad Bay Manor's age is authenticated, it could predate Bacon's Castle by up to 25 years.
Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House		Staten Island	NY	1665 c.	Residential	Built by Pierre Billiou, a French Huguenot pioneer, the house is now a museum.
Alexander Standish House		Duxbury	MA	1666	Residential	Home of the son of Pilgrim Capt. Miles Standish.
Jabez Howland House		Plymouth	MA	1667	Residential	Only extant house in Plymouth occupied by Pilgrims. John Howland and his wife, Elizabeth Tilley Howland, who both came over on the Mayflower, spent their winters here with their son, Jabez, one of their ten children. Also a National Historic Landmark.[15]
Peter Tufts House		Medford	MA	1667–1668	Residential	Some historians consider it to be the oldest all-brick house in the United States.
House of the Seven Gables		Salem	MA	1668	Residential	National Historic Landmark, setting of the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Thomas Follansbee (or Follansby) House		New Castle	NH	ca 1668	Residential	Thomas Follansbee was a joiner (carpenter), so he probably built the house himself. He also built various buildings in what is now the Strawbery Banke historic district of Portsmouth, NH.
Timothy Knapp House		Rye	NY	1670	Residential	Considered the oldest residential property in Westchester County, New York. The property has been owned by only five families between 1663 and 1992. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Abraham Manee House		Staten Island	NY	1670	Residential	The Abraham Manee House, also known as the Manee-Seguine Homestead, is a three-part Colonial Dutch dwelling similar to the Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House in Old Town, and was designated a New York City landmark in 1984.
Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum		Stonington	CT	1670–1700	Farmhouse	The farm has been worked every year since 1654.
Ephraim Hawley House		Trumbull	CT	1670–1690	Residential	Oldest house in the historic area of Nichols.
Newport Tower		Newport	RI	1670 c. (disputed to be older)	Commercial	Colonial windmill.[16] No roof or floors since the mid-18th century.
Nehemiah Royce House		Wallingford	CT	1672	Residential	A typical saltbox, this house was visited by George Washington in 1775.
John Woodward House		Newton	MA	c. 1671	Residential	Built by John Woodward in what is now the Waban neighborhood, this is one of the oldest homes in Newton. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Castillo de San Marcos		St. Augustine	FL	1672–1695	Government	Oldest masonry fortification in the United States.
Old Trinity Church, Maryland		Church Creek	MD	1675	Religious	Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the United States.[17]
Narbonne House		Salem	MA	1675	Residential	The house is on the waterfront in Salem and is part of the Salem Maritime National Historic Site. The site has 12 historic structures, including the Customs House, and a replica of the sailing ship Friendship of Salem.
Conference House		Staten Island	NY	c. 1675	Residential	Only pre-Revolutionary manor house still surviving in New York City.
Hoxie House		Sandwich	MA	c. 1675	Residential	One of the oldest houses on Cape Cod.
The Witch House		Salem	MA	c. 1675	Residential	Also called the Jonathan Corwin House, this was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin [18] and is the only structure still standing in Salem, Massachusetts with direct ties to the Salem witch trials of 1692.[19] Even though Jonathan Corwin's descendants claim the house was built in 1642, most historians now believe the house was built c. 1675.[20] The house, located in the Chestnut Street District, is now a museum operated by the City of Salem and is open seasonally.
Edward Sewall Garrison		Exeter	NH	1676	Residential
Harlow Old Fort House		Plymouth	MA	1677	Residential	Built in 1677 by Sergeant William Harlow, using timbers from the Pilgrims' original fort on Burial Hill.
Edward Searle House		Cranston	RI	1677	Residential	The house was rebuilt in 1677 on the site of the original 1670 structure, destroyed by Native Americans during King Philip's War.
John Whipple House		Ipswich	MA	1677	Residential	In 2005 a dendrochronology test determined that the earliest surviving part of the house was actually built in 1677. A major addition of roughly equal size was built in 1690, and there are various later additions.
Coffin House		Newbury	MA	c. 1678	Residential	Built by Tristram Coffin, Jr., in 1678, the property remained within the Coffin family until acquired by Historic New England in 1929. It is now a museum.
Smith's Castle		Wickford	RI	1678	Residential	One of the oldest houses in Rhode Island, now a museum.
Clement Weaver House		East Greenwich	RI	1679	Residential	Oldest privately owned house in Rhode Island.[21]
John Balch House		Beverly	MA	c. 1679	Residential	John Balch received the deed to the land on which the house sits in 1635; the building was constructed by Balch's son and grandson in 1678/1679,[22] and is one of the oldest continuously privately deeded properties in the United States. The original structure in the front dates to 1679, while the back half addition is dated to 1721;[22] these data have been verified using dendrochronology.
Curzon Mill		Newburyport	MA	1680	Industrial	The Curzon Grist Mill was originally built in 1680 by Sgt. John Emery. It was rebuilt in 1750.
Peak House		Medfield	MA	1680	Residential	One of the earliest surviving examples of Post-medieval English (Elizabethan) architecture in the United States. Was originally built in 1651 but was reconstructed after it was burned down during King Philip's War.
Paul Revere House		Boston	MA	c. 1680	Residential	Oldest building in downtown Boston.[23]
William Penn Guest House		New Castle	DE	c. 1680	Residential	Oldest buildings in New Castle. Purportedly where William Penn lodged after first arrival in America.
John Adams Birthplace		Quincy	MA	1681	Farmhouse	Oldest existing building within which a future President of the United States was born (John Adams, October 30, 1735) [24]
Old Ship Church		Hingham	MA	1681	Religious	Oldest church in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States; only remaining 17th-century Puritan meeting house in America.[25]
St. Luke's Church		Smithfield	VA	1682	Religious	Recent dendrochronology studies confirm the 1682 date of this National Historic Landmark.[26]
Wall House		Cheltenham Township	PA	1682	Residential	Possibly the oldest stone house in Pennsylvania. Built for Richard Wall, the founder of Cheltenham Township.
Third Haven Meeting House		Talbot County	MD	1682	Religious	Oldest Quaker meeting house in the United States.
Parson Capen House		Topsfield	MA	1683	Residential	The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.[27] The Topsfield Historical Society currently operates it as a historic house museum.[28]
Caleb Pusey House		Upland	PA	1683	Residential	Only extant building known to have been visited by William Penn. Completed in 1696.
Sgt. George Flint House		North Reading	MA	prior to 1684	Residential	The Sgt. George Flint House is owned by the North Reading Historical and Antiquarian Society, which also owns the Rev. Daniel Putnam House in North Reading (built in 1720).
Old Indian Meeting House		Mashpee	MA	1684	Religious	Oldest Native American church.
John Ward House		Salem	MA	1684	Residential	The John Ward House is a National Historic Landmark at 132 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts, located in the Downtown Salem District and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1968.
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow		Sleepy Hollow	NY	1685	Religious	Oldest church in the State of New York.
Sign of the Bird in Hand		Newtown Borough	PA	1686	Tavern	Originally a residence, then tavern with other uses. Oldest frame house still standing in Pennsylvania. Famous as the site of the 1778 Newtown Skirmish during which Loyalists killed 5 and captured 16 to acquire cloth being manufactured for use by Washington's troops at Valley Forge. Now a private residence.
Jethro Coffin House		Nantucket	MA	1686	Residential	Oldest house on Nantucket.[29] It was declared a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1968.[30][31]
William Murray House		Salem	MA	1688	Residential	A historic house at 39 Essex Street.
Wilbor House		Little Compton	RI	1690	Residential	Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, the house serves as the headquarters of the Little Compton Historical Society.
Acadian House		Guilford	CT	c. 1690	Residential	The house gets its name after the Acadians who resided there following the 1755 Great Expulsion.[32]
Farmar Mill		Fort Washington	PA	c. 1690	Mill	Oldest surviving mill in Pennsylvania.
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm		Newbury	MA	c. 1690	Residential	One of the oldest stone buildings in New England, now a nonprofit museum.
Hyland-Wildman House		Guilford	CT	1690 – c. 1710	Residential	Open to the public since 1918.[33] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Thomas Hastings House		Newton	MA	c. 1693	Residence	Built by Thomas Hastings circa 1693 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Parker Tavern		Reading	MA	1694	Tavern	Parker Tavern is now a museum owned by the Reading Antiquarian Society.
Old Quaker Meeting House		Flushing, Queens	NY	1694	Religious	The only surviving example in New York State of a typical 17th-century ecclesiastical frame structure of medieval design.[34]
Pink House		Charleston	SC	1694–1712	Residential	Built by John Breton in the city's French Quarter, the house is one of the oldest buildings in South Carolina and the oldest building in Charleston.
Abraham Browne House		Watertown	MA	c. 1694–1701	Residential	Built by Abraham Browne, the house is the oldest remaining in Watertown. It is owned by Historic New England and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wren Building		Williamsburg	VA	1695	School	Oldest school building in America, original The College of William & Mary structure.[35]
Merion Friends Meeting House		Merion Station	PA	1695	Religious	One of the oldest Quaker meeting houses in America.
John Sherburne House		Portsmouth	NH	1695	Residential
Holy Trinity Church		Wilmington	DE	1698–99	Religious	Oldest Swedish church in the United States. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.[36]
Great Friends Meeting House		Newport	RI	1699	Religious	Expanded in 1730, 1807, 1857, and 1867 to accommodate the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends.
Hoyt-Barnum House		Stamford	CT	c. 1699	Residential	The builder was a descendant of one of the original founders of Stamford. The structure is owned and maintained as a museum by the Stamford Historical Society.
Middleburg Plantation		Huger	SC	c. 1699	Residential	Possibly the oldest building in South Carolina. It was a plantation built by a French Huguenot Benjamin Simons in 1699 on the Cooper River near Huger, South Carolina.
Strawbery Banke		Portsmouth	NH	numerous structures – 17th–19th centuries	Residential and Industrial	Strawbery Banke is a collection of 37 historic buildings dating back to the 17th century.
Colonial Williamsburg		Williamsburg	VA	numerous structures – 17th–19th centuries	Residential and Industrial	Colonial Williamsburg is a restored colonial town with dozens of historic structures on 300 acres.

18th century

Building	Image	Location	State	First Built	Use	Notes
Jonathan Young Windmill		Orleans	MA	Early 1700s	Industrial	The Jonathan Young Windmill is a restored, working early eighteenth-century windmill with its original machinery intact, located next to Town Cove in Orleans.
Benoni Fox House		Concord	MA	1700	Residential	This is one of the oldest buildings of the Fox family in the United States.
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church		Philadelphia	PA	1700	Religious	Oldest surviving church in Philadelphia.
Edward Morgan Log House		Towamencin	PA	1700	Residential	Home to the maternal grandfather of Daniel Boone and Daniel Morgan
Brinton 1704 House		West Chester	PA	1704	Residential	One of the oldest houses in Pennsylvania. Built by a Quaker family. A National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wayside Inn Historic District		Sudbury	MA	1707	Residential/Tavern	Located on the Old Boston Post Road and made famous in a collection of poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The Hosmer Homestead		Concord	MA	c. 1707 – 1710	Residential	The Hosmer Homestead, also known as the Hosmer/Baker Farm, is an historic house at 138 Baker Avenue in Concord, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of this 2-1/2 story wood frame house was probably built c. 1707 - 1710 by Stephen Hosmer, based on architectural evidence. The property has a long association with the Hosmer family, who were early settlers of Concord and who have played a significant role in the growth and civic life of the town. The house interior has well-preserved Georgian woodwork and plaster.
McIntire Garrison House		York	ME	1707 or later	Residential/Military	Possibly the oldest building in Maine.
Buckman Tavern		Lexington	MA	1709-1710	Tavern	It played a prominent role in the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775. It was declared a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Capt. Jonathan Parker House		Reading	MA	ca 1710	Residential	Still a private residence at Charles and Pearl Sts.
Buttolph-Williams House		Wethersfield	CT	1711	Residential	One of the oldest surviving homes in Wethersfield, declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968.[37]
The Powder Magazine		Charleston	SC	1713	Government	Oldest public building in South Carolina. The Powder Magazine Museum.
Old State House		Boston	MA	1713	Government	Oldest surviving public building in Boston. The Bostonian Society Museum.
Perth Amboy City Hall		Perth Amboy	NJ	1714–17	Government	Oldest city hall in US.
Samuel Chase House		West Newbury	MA	1715	Residential	A rare brick house of the period. A story passed down in the Chase family says that bricks for the house were made on the family's farm and carried to the job site by Hannah Chase in her apron.
Colonial Inn		Concord	MA	1716	Commercial	Still an operating inn and restaurant.
Benjamin Flagg House		Worcester	MA	c. 1717	Residential	Built by Capt. Benjamin Flagg, it is the oldest remaining home in Worcester. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lane House		Edenton	NC	1718–19	Residential	Oldest house in North Carolina identified by dendrochronology.
Massachusetts Hall		Cambridge	MA	1718–20	School	Oldest extant building at Harvard University.
King of Prussia Inn		King of Prussia	PA	1719	Tavern	Granted its name to the town that grew up around it.
Rev. Daniel Putnam House		North Reading	MA	1720	Residential	Headquarters of the North Reading Historical and Antiquarian Society. The society also owns the Sgt. George Flint House in North Reading, which was built prior to 1684.
Garretson Forge and Farm		Fair Lawn	NJ	1720	Residential	One of the oldest homes in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Bray House		Kittery Point	ME	c. 1720	Residential	Built on the site of an earlier structure built in c. 1662, it is among the oldest houses in Maine.[38]
Wayside Cottage		Scarsdale	NY	c. 1720	Residential	One of the oldest houses in Westchester County, NY. Owned and operated by the Junior League of Central Westchester.
Strode's Mill		West Chester	PA	C. 1721	Residential
Gonzalez-Alvarez House		St. Augustine	FL	c. 1723	Residential	Probably constructed between 1723 and 1790.[39] Oldest house in St. Augustine, the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.[40]
Alamo Mission Long Barracks		San Antonio	TX	c. 1724	Religious	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.
Reuben Brown House		Concord	MA	1725	Residential	Built in 1725 by the town saddler, Reuben Brown. There is also a strong tradition that the house was the home of Peter Bulkeley, which is why the house is often referred to as the Peter Bulkeley / Reuben Brown House. The evidence is still unclear whether or not the Bulkeleys did build the house some 300 years ago. What historians can conclude, however, is that the house was either completely updated or built by Reuben Brown in 1725, since most of the house's present features are typical of houses from 1700 to 1730.
Fort Niagara		Youngstown	NY	1726	Fortification	Built in 1726 by the French as a "house of peace". Taken by the British in 1759, the fledgling United States regained control by treaty in 1796. It was lost to the British in 1813, but was relinquished as a result of the Treaty of Ghent, and has remained in the hands of the United States ever since.
James Smith House		Needham	MA	1727–1728	Residential	The house was built by James Smith, a recent Irish immigrant. HIs son, Captain Robert Smith, who commanded one of the militia companies from Needham engaged in the fighting the day of the Battle of Concord Bridge, may have been born and lived here.
48 Hudson Avenue		Albany	NY	1728	Residential	Oldest stand-alone structure in Albany.
Findowrie		Albemarle County	VA	1730	Residential	Claimed as the oldest unaltered residence in Virginia.
Williams House, Historic Deerfield		Deerfield	MA	c. 1730	Residential	One of the oldest houses in Old Deerfield, although extensively remodeled in the 19th century. The original area of Deerfield has been preserved and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ephrata Cloister		Lancaster County	PA	1732	Religious	Last surviving resident of the Ephrata Cloister religious community died on July 27, 2008, at the age of 98.
Quackenbush House		Albany	NY	1736	Residential	Until recently considered the oldest house and structure in the city of Albany and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Currently the location of the Olde English Pub & Pantry.
339 Beechwood St.		Cohasset	MA	1739	Residential	Still a private residence. The story passed down is that the large buttonwood tree in front of the house was planted on the day one of the sons in the family marched off to go fight in the Revolutionary War.
Oxford Furnace		Oxford Township	NJ	1741	Furnace	First hot blast furnace in the United States.
Fort Matanzas		St. Johns County	FL	1740–42	Presidio	Designated a United States National Monument on October 15, 1924.[41]
Amos Chase House		Saco	ME	ca 1743	Residential	Oldest building in Saco. It was actually two houses, one of which was brought over on logs used as rollers, and joined to the other by the industrious Amos Chase to accommodate his large family.
Old Ursuline Convent		New Orleans	LA	1748 (or 1752)	Religious	Considered the oldest building in Louisiana, and perhaps the oldest building in the Mississippi River Valley[42]
Presidio La Bahía		Goliad	TX	1749	Presidio	The best preserved Spanish presidio in the United States.
Deacon Thomas Kendall House		Wakefield	MA	prior to 1750	Residential	Deacon Thomas Kendall was among the earliest settlers of the area, and an influential member of the community, serving as a selectman, commissioner, and deacon of the church for 36 years. He and his wife, Rebecca, had 10 children, and when she died, at the age of 85, she had 175 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Parlange Plantation House		Mix	LA	1750	Plantation	One of the oldest plantation homes in the South and perhaps the oldest building in the Mississippi Valley
Mount Holly Firehouse		Mount Holly	NJ	1752	Firehouse	Oldest firehouse in the United States, established by what is now the country's oldest continuously operating volunteer fire department.[43][44]
Fort de Chartres Powder Magazine		Prairie du Rocher	IL	1753–1756	Government	Oldest building in Illinois.
Pirates' House		Savannah	GA	c. 1754	Mix	Possibly the oldest building in Georgia, and the oldest building in the city of Savannah.
Josiah Day House		West Springfield	MA	c. 1754	Residential	It is believed to be the oldest known brick saltbox style house in the U.S. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fort William Henry		Lake George	NY	1755	Military	Built during the French and Indian War, it was featured in James Fenimore Cooper's novel, The Last of the Mohicans.
LaPointe-Krebs House		Pascagoula	MS	1757	Mix	The oldest building in Mississippi, and the state's only surviving French Colonial structure.
General Rufus Putnam House		Rutland	MA	1760-65	Residential	Rufus Putnam was a Revolutionary War general and later instrumental in the founding of Ohio. His home is now a B&B.
Derby House		Salem	MA	1762	Residential	Capt. Richard Derby was the first millionaire in America. The home is now part of Salem Maritime National Historic Site. The site has 12 historic structures, including the Customs House, and a replica of the sailing ship Friendship of Salem.
Proprietary House		Perth Amboy	NJ	1762	Government	Oldest remaining colonial proprietary governor's residence in the original Thirteen States.
Touro Synagogue		Newport	RI	1763	Religious	Oldest synagogue building in the United States.[45]
Fort Pitt Blockhouse		Pittsburgh	PA	1764	Defense	Oldest structure in Pittsburgh. One of the oldest colonial structures west of the Allegheny mountains.
Sandy Hook Light		Sandy Hook	NJ	1764	Lighthouse	Oldest original lighthouse in US.
William Henry House		Bennington	VT	1769	Residential
University Hall (Brown University)		Providence	RI	1770	School	Oldest extant building at Brown University
Maryland State House		Annapolis	MD	1772	Government	Oldest state house in continuous use in the United States.
Josiah Bartlett House		Kingston	NH	1774	Residential	Josiah Bartlett was a medical doctor, governor of New Hampshire, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Humphrey Bradstreet Farm		Rowley	MA	ca 1774	Residential	The Humphrey Bradstreet Farm is the second-oldest continuously operating farm in the United States. Humphrey Bradstreet was granted the property in 1635 by King Charles I, and it stayed in the Bradstreet family for the next 372 years, until purchased by the town of Rowley.
Mission San Juan Capistrano		San Juan Capistrano	CA	1776	Mission	Oldest surviving building in California.
Fuller-Bemis House		Waltham	MA	c. 1776	Residential	One of the oldest surviving homes in Waltham. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Christopher Taylor House		Jonesborough	TN	1778	Residential	Possibly the oldest building in Tennessee, along with The Carter Mansion .[46]
Fort Putnam		West Point	NY	1778	Military	Ft. Putnam was built by the regiment of Rufus Putnam during the Revolutionary War to guard the Hudson River. It is now part of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Officer's Stone Quarters		Fort Mackinac	MI	1780	Military	Oldest building in Michigan.[47]
Hessian Barracks		Frederick	MD	c. 1780	Military	Possibly dating back to the French and Indian Wars (1754-1763), used as barracks for Hessian mercenaries during the American Revolutiony War. On the grounds of the Maryland School for the Deaf.[48]
Morven Park		Leesburg	VA	c. 1780	Residential	Home of Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis. The earliest parts of the structure were built circa 1780 and the building was significantly expanded in the decades that followed. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Peirce-Nichols House		Salem	MA	1782	Residential	Owned by the Peabody Essex Museum
Dyckman House		Inwood, Manhattan	NY	1784	Residential	Only remaining original farmhouse in Manhattan
Rufus Putnam House and Campus Martius		Marietta	OH	1788	Residential/military	Gen. Rufus Putnam's house was built as part of the Campus Martius fort. It is now part of the Campus Martius Museum.
Historic Locust Grove		Louisville	KY	1790	Residential	Possibly the oldest building in Kentucky. In close competition with Old Providence Church, Hawkins House, Jacob Eversole Cabin, John Andrew Miller House, Millspring, and the Zachary Taylor House
Carpenter House		Rehoboth	MA	c. 1789	Residential	Built by Thomas Carpenter III circa 1789 using older materials from a building that was already on the site. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ohio Company Land Office		Marietta	OH	1791	Commercial	The oldest building in Ohio.
Louis Bolduc House		Ste. Geneviève	MO	1792	Residential	The oldest building in Missouri.
Mission San Xavier del Bac		Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation	AZ	1797	Mission	Oldest European structure in Arizona.[49]
Molalla Log House		Molalla	OR	1799–1813	Residential/military	It is potentially the oldest building in Oregon and was possibly constructed by Russian colonists or other fur traders.[50] The next closest contenders are the Methodist Mission Parsonage c.1841, the Jason Lee House c.1841, the Delaney-Edwards House c.1845, the John McLoughlin House c.1846, and the John D. Boon House c. 1846

19th century

Building	Image	Location	State	First Built	Use	Notes
Grouseland		Vincennes	IN	1804	Residential	Possibly the oldest building in Indiana. It is in close competition with the Indiana Territorial Capitol.
Joel Eddins House		Huntsville	AL	1808	Residential	The oldest documented building in Alabama.[51]
Woolwich Historical Society		Woolwich	ME	1810	Residential	The society's headquarters is an 1810 farmhouse. It is possible that elements of the building date back further, since the property was occupied by the James Savage family half a century before that.
Baranov Museum		Kodiak	AK	c. 1810	Commercial	The oldest building in Alaska. It was built as a storage facility by the Russian American Company.
Willow Wall		Old Fields	WV	1811	Residential	Daniel McNell plantation house; an early West Virginia home
Ka Hale Lāʻau		Honolulu	HI	1820	Residence	The oldest wood frame structure still standing in Hawaii. It was shipped ready-made for assembly from Boston and used as a communal home by Christian missionaries.
Oak Hill		Aldie	VA	1820-1822	Residence	The mansion and plantation of President James Monroe where he lived, on and off, for 22 years. It is privately owned and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fort Snelling Round Tower		Hennepin County	MN	1820–1824	Military	The oldest building in Minnesota.
Rockland		Leesburg	VA	c. 1822	Residence	Home of the locally prominent Rust family. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Woodruff Print Shop		Little Rock	AR	1824	Commercial	The oldest building in the state of Arkansas.[52]
Fort Leavenworth 'The Rookery'		Leavenworth	KS	1829	Military	The oldest building in Kansas.[53]
Louis Arriandeaux Log House		Dubuque	IA	1833	Residential	The oldest building in the state of Iowa.[54]
Rancho Petaluma Adobe		Petaluma	CA	1835-1857	Residential/Military	This large adobe ranch house was built by Colonel Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Commandante General of the "Free State of Alta California" (Northern California). Now known as the Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, it is owned by the State of California and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Log Cabin		Bellevue	NE	c. 1835	Residential	The oldest building in Nebraska. It originally served as a fur trapper's home.
Hulihee Palace		Kailua, Kona	HI	1838	Residential	Originally built by John Adams Kuakini, it was later acquired by Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani and used as a vacation home for Hawaiian royalty.
Fort Gibson Barracks		Fort Gibson	OK	c. 1840	Military	The oldest building in Oklahoma.[55] In close competition with the Cherokee National Supreme Court building.[56]
Kawaiahaʻo Church		Honolulu	HI	1842	Religious	Formerly the national church of the Hawaiian Kingdom and chapel of the royal family. Designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1962.
Punahou School		Honolulu	HI	1842	Educational	Punahou was founded in 1941 for the children of Christian missionaries and is the first formal English language school west of the Rocky Mountains.
Wakely Home at Point Basse		Nekoosa	WI	1842	Residential/Tavern	This is possibly the oldest frame house in the state of Wisconsin.
Kittson Trading Post		Walhalla	ND	1843	Commercial	The oldest building in North Dakota. It was constructed by an agent of the American Fur Company.
Old Fort Benton Blockhouse		Fort Benton	MT	1844	Military	The oldest building in Montana. It was the last fur trading post on the Upper Missouri River and the terminus of the Mullan Road, the overland route that linked the Missouri and Columbia rivers.[57]
Cataldo Mission		Cataldo	ID	1848	Mission	Oldest standing building in Idaho.
Fort Laramie 'Old Bedlam' Building		Torrington	WY	1849	Military	Oldest documented building still standing in Wyoming. It served as a major fur trading post and diplomatic site during the 19th century.
Fort Nisqually Granary		Tacoma	WA	1851	Military	Oldest building in Washington State.
Stone House of John Marsh		Brentwood	CA	1855	Residential	John Marsh was the first medical doctor in California, and was instrumental in California becoming part of the United States. His home was one of the first stone mansions in the state.
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort		Las Vegas, Nevada	NV	1855	Military	The oldest European-American structure in Nevada.[58]
Fort Garland Officer's Quarters and Barracks		Fort Garland	CO	1858	Military	The oldest European-American buildings still standing in Colorado. In close competition with Four Mile House c. 1859.[58]
Fort Sisseton		Britton	SD	1864	Military	The oldest structures still standing in South Dakota.[59]

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in Alabama
• List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut
• List of the oldest buildings in Delaware
• List of the oldest buildings in Florida
• List of the oldest buildings in Georgia
• List of the oldest buildings in Maryland
• List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts
• List of the oldest buildings in Michigan
• List of the oldest buildings in Mississippi
• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
• List of the oldest buildings in New York
• List of the oldest buildings in North Carolina
• List of the oldest buildings in Pennsylvania
• List of the oldest buildings in Rhode Island
• List of the oldest buildings in South Carolina
• List of the oldest buildings in Virginia
• List of the oldest buildings in the world
• List of burial mounds in the United States
• Oldest churches in the United States
• Oldest synagogues in the United States

References

External links

• International Architecture database