List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Massachusetts and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period

First Period

First Period is a designation in colonial American architecture and design. It refers to the time period of approximately 1626 through 1725. Its successor is the Colonial Georgian Period.-Characteristics:...

of American architecture or earlier.

Building	Location	First Built	Notes
Fairbanks House	Dedham, Massachusetts Dedham, Massachusetts Dedham is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest by Westwood and on the southeast by...	ca. 1637	Oldest wood-frame house in America, dated using dendochronology, and the oldest house in Massachusetts.
John Humphreys House John Humphreys House The John Humphreys House, also known as Sir John Humphreys House, is a historic house located at 99 Paradise Road in Swampscott, Massachusetts. It is currently a house museum owned by the Swampscott Historical Society....	Swampscott, Massachusetts Swampscott, Massachusetts Swampscott is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States located 15 miles up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population is 13,787...	ca. 1637	Oldest house in Swampscott.
Richard Sparrow House Richard Sparrow House The Richard Sparrow House is an historic house at 42 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth.The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636. He was granted a tract of land in 1636 on which the...	Plymouth, Massachusetts	1640	Oldest house in Plymouth.
Wing Fort House Wing Fort House Wing Fort House is a historic house at Spring Hill Road in East Sandwich, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1641 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976....	East Sandwich, Massachusetts East Sandwich, Massachusetts East Sandwich is a village and census-designated place within the town of Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,720 at the 2000 census.-Geography:East Sandwich is located at ....	1641
The Witch House The Witch House The Witch House , was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin and is the only structure still standing in Salem, Massachusetts with direct ties to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The house was bought by Judge Corwin, in 1675, when he was 24 years old and he lived there for more than forty years. Corwin...	Salem, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...	1642
General Israel Putnam House	Danvers, Massachusetts Danvers, Massachusetts Danvers is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Located on the Danvers River near the northeastern coast of Massachusetts, Danvers is most widely known for its association with the 1692 Salem witch trials, and for its famous asylum, the Danvers State Hospital.-17th century:The land...	1643
Hatch Homestead	Marshfield, Massachusetts Marshfield, Massachusetts Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts's South Shore. The population was 25,132 at the 2010 census.See also: Green Harbor, Marshfield , Rexhame, Marshfield Hills, and Ocean Bluff and Brant Rock....	ca. 1647	Purportedly the oldest continuously occupied house in MA, subject of a book
James Blake House James Blake House The James Blake House is the oldest house in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is in Edward Everett Square. This neighborhood of Dorchester is a few blocks from the Dorchester Historical Society. The house is located just a block from Massachusetts Avenue...	Dorchester, Massachusetts Dorchester, Massachusetts Dorchester is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated and is today endearingly nicknamed "Dot" by its residents. Dorchester, including a large...	1648	Oldest house in Boston.
James Noyes House James Noyes House James Noyes House, built ca. 1646, is a historic house at 7 Parker Street in Newbury, Massachusetts.The house was built by the Reverend James Noyes, a Reformed pastor, who arrived in Newbury after landing in Ipswich in the mid-17th century. The Noyes family came from Wiltshire in England. The house...	Newbury, Massachusetts Newbury, Massachusetts Newbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,666 at the 2010 census. Newbury includes the villages of Old Town , Plum Island and Byfield, home of The Governor's Academy , a private preparatory school.- History :Newbury Plantation was settled and incorporated...	1650
Dwight-Derby House Dwight-Derby House The Dwight-Derby House is at 7 Frairy Street in Medfield, Massachusetts. It was built in 1652 by Timothy and Mary Dwight. The house is one of the top ten oldest homes in the United States...	Medfield, Massachusetts Medfield, Massachusetts Medfield is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,024 according to the 2010 Census. Medfield is an affluent community about 17 miles southwest of Boston....	1651
Pickering House Pickering House The Pickering House is a Colonial located on Broad Street, Salem in the Chestnut Street District. The house, owned and occupied by ten successive generations of the Pickering family including Colonel Timothy Pickering. This house is believed to be the oldest house in the United States...	Salem, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...	1651	Oldest house in Salem, oldest house in U.S. occupied continuously by one family
John Alden House	Duxbury, Massachusetts	1653	National Historic Landmark, the only building still standing in the United States that was built by, and lived in by Pilgrims. Home of Pilgrim John Alden John Alden John Alden is said to be the first person from the Mayflower to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620. He was a ship-carpenter by trade and a cooper for Mayflower, which was usually docked at Southampton. He was also one of the founders of Plymouth Colony and the seventh signer of the Mayflower Compact... and Priscilla Mullins.
Goodspeed House Goodspeed House Goodspeed House is a historic house at 271 River Road in Barnstable, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1653 and added to the National Historic Register in 1987....	Barnstable, Massachusetts Barnstable, Massachusetts Barnstable is a city, referred to as the Town of Barnstable, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the county seat of Barnstable County. Barnstable is the largest community, both in land area and population, on Cape Cod. The town contains seven villages within its boundaries...	1653
Abraham Jaquith House Abraham Jaquith House Abraham Jaquith House was a historic colonial house at 161 Concord Road in Billerica, Massachusetts.-History:In 1653 George Farley, built the westernmost portion of the structure. Farley was a clothier, farmer, and early Baptist dissident from the state Congregationalist church. He was a member of...	Billerica, Massachusetts Billerica, Massachusetts Billerica is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,243 at the 2010 census. It is the only town named Billerica in the United States and borrows its name from the town of Billericay in Essex, England.- History :...	1653	Building moved to New Hampshire.
Macy-Colby House Macy-Colby House The Macy-Colby House is a historically significant seventeenth Century saltbox home located in Amesbury, Massachusetts. It is a historic house museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2008.-History:...	Amesbury, Massachusetts Amesbury, Massachusetts Amesbury is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Though it officially became a city in 1996, its formal name remains "The Town of Amesbury." In 1890, 9798 people lived in Amesbury; in 1900, 9473; in 1910, 9894; in 1920, 10,036; and in 1940, 10,862. The population was 16,283 at...	1654
Newman-Fiske-Dodge House Newman-Fiske-Dodge House Newman-Fiske-Dodge House is a historic house at 162 Cherry Street in Wenham, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1658. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990....	Wenham, Massachusetts Wenham, Massachusetts Wenham is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,875 at the 2010 census.The Town of Wenham was originally settled in 1635 and has retained much of its unique historic character and tranquil rural scenery...	1658
Bellingham-Cary House Bellingham-Cary House Bellingham-Cary House is an historic house at 34 Parker Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1659 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It was built by Richard Bellingham, who was governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for three terms starting in 1641...	Chelsea, Massachusetts Chelsea, Massachusetts Chelsea is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States directly across the Mystic River from the city of Boston. It is the smallest city in Massachusetts in land area, and the 26th most densely populated incorporated place in the country.-History:...	1659
John Partridge House John Partridge House John Partridge House is a historic house at 315 Exchange Street in Millis, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1659 and added to the National Historic Register in 1974....	Millis, Massachusetts Millis, Massachusetts Millis is a town in Norfolk County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is a small town with a population of 7,891 according to the 2010 census. The town is approximately southwest of downtown Boston and is bordered by Norfolk, Sherborn, Holliston, Medfield, and Medway...	1659
Parkman Tavern Parkman Tavern Parkman Tavern is an historic tavern in Concord, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1659 and added to the National Historic Register in 1979....	Concord, Massachusetts Concord, Massachusetts Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 17,668. Although a small town, Concord is noted for its leading roles in American history and literature.-History:...	1659
Reverend James Keith Parsonage	West Bridgewater, Massachusetts West Bridgewater, Massachusetts West Bridgewater is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,634 at the 2000 census.- History :West Bridgewater was first settled in 1651 as a part of Olde Bridgewater...	1662	Old Bridgewater Historical Society Old Bridgewater Historical Society The Old Bridgewater Historical Society collects, preserves and publishes material relating to the history of the original settlement of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It possesses many historical materials, including genealogical information and artefacts pertaining to local history.The society was... , the oldest parsonage and garrison house in the Americas.
Job Lane House Job Lane House Job Lane House, built in 1713, is a historic house at 295 North Road in Bedford, Massachusetts. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is owned by the Town of Bedford and operated as an 18th century historic house museum....	Bedford, Massachusetts Bedford, Massachusetts Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is within the Greater Boston area, north-west of the city of Boston. The population of Bedford was 13,320 at the 2010 census.- History :...	1664
Pickman House Pickman House The Pickman House, located in Salem, Massachusetts on Charter Street behind the Peabody Essex Museum, is the oldest continually operated museum in America...	Salem, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...	1664	Located on Charter Street behind the Peabody Essex Museum, the oldest continually opeated museum in America. The house abuts the Witch Memorial is also next to the 2nd oldest buring ground in America.
Gedney House Gedney House The Gedney House is a historic Colonial American house, estimated to have been constructed circa 1665. It is located at 21 High Street, near the intersection of Summer Street in the Chestnut Street District Salem, Massachusetts and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England...	Salem, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...	1665	2nd Oldest house in the City of Salem
Alexander Standish House Alexander Standish House Alexander Standish House is an historic house in Duxbury, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1666 by Alexander Standish , son of Mayflower Pilgrim, Capt. Myles Standish. Alexander Standish and his wife Sarah Alden, daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins lived in the house until their deaths...	Duxbury, Massachusetts	1666	Home of the son of Pilgrim Capt. Miles Standish.
Peter Bulkeley Esq/Reuben Brown House Reuben Brown House The Reuben Brown House is a colonial style house located in Concord, Massachusetts.-Colonial era:The house was built in 1725 by the town saddler, Rueben Brown...	Concord, Massachusetts Concord, Massachusetts Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 17,668. Although a small town, Concord is noted for its leading roles in American history and literature.-History:...	1667
Jabez Howland House Jabez Howland House Jabez Howland House is an historic house at 33 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1667 and purchased by Jabez Howland, son of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley Howland, two of the original Pilgrims. John and Elizabeth Howland lived in Jabez...	Plymouth, Massachusetts	1667	Only extant house in Plymouth occupied by Pilgrims. John Howland John Howland John Howland was a passenger on the Mayflower. He was an indentured servant who accompanied the separatists, also called the Pilgrims, when they left England to settle in Plymouth, Massachusetts... and his wife, Elizabeth Tilley Howland, who both came over on the Mayflower Mayflower The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, , in 1620... , spent their winters here with their son, Jabez, one of their 10 children. Also a National Historic Landmark National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance... .
House of the Seven Gables	Salem, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...	1668	National Historic Landmark National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance... , setting of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer.Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include John Hathorne, a judge during the Salem Witch Trials... novel.
Isaac Goodale House Isaac Goodale House Isaac Goodale House is a historic colonial house at 153 Argilla Road in Ipswich, Massachusetts.It was built in c. 1668 by Robert Goodale of Salem for his son Isaac upon Isaac's marriage in 1668. Originally located in Salem, Massachusetts, the house was moved to Ipswich by a Goodale family member in...	Built in Salem, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County... ; moved to Ipswich, MA in 1928.	ca. 1668	On the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation... .
Chaplin-Clarke House Chaplin-Clarke House Chaplin-Clarke House is a historic house at 109 Haverhill Street in Rowley, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1670 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979....	Rowley, Massachusetts Rowley, Massachusetts Rowley is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,500 at the 2000 census.Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of Rowley.-History:...	1670
Chandler-Bigsby-Abbot House Chandler-Bigsby-Abbot House Chandler-Bigsby-Abbot House is a historic house at 88 Lowell Street in Andover, Massachusetts and is the oldest surviving house in Andover....	Andover, Massachusetts Andover, Massachusetts Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was incorporated in 1646 and as of the 2010 census, the population was 33,201...	1673	Oldest house in Andover.
Jerathmell Bowers House Jerathmell Bowers House Jerathmell Bowers House is a historic house at 150 Wood Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. It is the oldest known domestic building in the city.The house was built in 1673 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994....	Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...	1673	Oldest house in Lowell.
Hoxie House Hoxie House Hoxie House in Sandwich, Massachusetts is one of the oldest houses on Cape Cod and one the oldest surviving houses in Massachusetts....	Sandwich, Massachusetts Sandwich, Massachusetts Sandwich is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 20,675 at the 2010 census. The Town Hall is located right next to the Dexter Grist Mill, in the historic district of town....	ca. 1675	One of the oldest houses on Cape Cod Cape Cod Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States... .
Harlow Old Fort House Harlow Old Fort House Harlow Old Fort House is an historic house at 119 Sandwich Street inPlymouth, Massachusetts.-History:Sergeant William Harlow built the house in 1677 using timbers from the Pilgrims' original fort on Burial Hill built in 1621-1622. Harlow received permission to use the timbers after the fort was...	Plymouth, Massachusetts	1677	House built using timbers from the Pilgrims' 1621 fort.
John Whipple House John Whipple House The John Whipple House is a historic colonial house and National Historic Landmark in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built in the seventeenth century, the house has been open to the public as a museum since 1899.-History:...	Ipswich, Massachusetts Ipswich, Massachusetts Ipswich is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,987 at the 2000 census. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island...	1677	National Historic Landmark National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance... (NHL).
Peter Tufts House Peter Tufts House The Peter Tufts House is a Colonial American house located at 350 Riverside Avenue, formerly known as Ship Street in Medford, Massachusetts. It is currently thought to have been built between 1677-1678...	Medford, Massachusetts Medford, Massachusetts Medford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, on the Mystic River, five miles northwest of downtown Boston. In the 2010 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 56,173...	1677–1678, circa	Possibly the oldest brick house in the United States.
John Balch House John Balch House The John Balch House , located at 448 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest wood-frame houses in the United States. It is now operated as one of the historic house museums of the Beverly Historical Society, and open June 1 to October 15, Tuesday through Saturday, 12:00 p.m...	Beverly, Massachusetts Beverly, Massachusetts Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 39,343 on , which differs by no more than several hundred from the 39,862 obtained in the 2000 census. A resort, residential and manufacturing community on the North Shore, Beverly includes Beverly Farms and Prides...	ca. 1678
Paul Revere House Paul Revere House The Paul Revere House is the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution. It is located at 19 North Square, Boston, Massachusetts, in the city's North End, and is now operated as a nonprofit museum by the Paul Revere Memorial Association. A small...	Boston, Massachusetts	1680 circa	Oldest building in downtown Boston.
Hoar Tavern Hoar Tavern Hoar Tavern is a historic tavern northeast of downtown Lincoln on MA 2 in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Also known as the Hoar Homestead, it is now known as Hobbs Brook Farm.It was built in 1680 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973....	Lincoln, Massachusetts Lincoln, Massachusetts Lincoln is a town in the historic area of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,362 at the 2010 census, including residents of Hanscom Air Force Base that live within town limits...	1680	Oldest home in Lincoln.
Old Ship Church Old Ship Church The Old Ship Church was built in 1681 in Hingham, Massachusetts in the United States. It is the oldest church in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States. It is the only remaining 17th century Puritan meetinghouse in America...	Hingham, Massachusetts Hingham, Massachusetts Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...	1681	Oldest church building in Massachusetts; only remaining Puritan Puritan The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England... 17th century meetinghouse Meeting house A meeting house describes a building where a public meeting takes place. This includes secular buildings which function like a town or city hall, and buildings used for religious meetings, particularly of some non-conformist Christian denominations.... in America; oldest church in continuous ecclesiastical Ecclesiology Today, ecclesiology usually refers to the theological study of the Christian church. However when the word was coined in the late 1830s, it was defined as the science of the building and decoration of churches and it is still, though rarely, used in this sense.In its theological sense, ecclesiology... use in America.
Cooper-Frost-Austin House Cooper-Frost-Austin House The Cooper-Frost-Austin House is a historic Colonial American house, currently estimated to have been constructed circa 1681-1682. It is located at 21 Linnaean Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the oldest extant home in Cambridge and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England...	Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...	1682	Oldest house in Cambridge, verified using dendrochronology
William Butter’s Farmhouse	Wilmington, Massachusetts Wilmington, Massachusetts Wilmington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 22,325 at the 2010 census.-History:Wilmington was first settled in 1665 and was officially incorporated in 1730, from parts of Woburn, Reading and Billerica. Minutemen from Wilmington responded to the alarm...	1682	Oldest building in Wilmington. http://buttersfarm.org/historical-facts.php
Pierce House (Dorchester, Massachusetts)	Dorchester, Massachusetts Dorchester, Massachusetts Dorchester is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated and is today endearingly nicknamed "Dot" by its residents. Dorchester, including a large...	1683	One of the oldest houses in Boston.
Old Indian Meeting House Old Indian Meeting House Old Indian Meeting House is a historic meeting house at 410 Meetinghouse Road in Mashpee, Massachusetts. The meetinghouse is the oldest Native American church in the eastern United States and the oldest church on Cape Cod.The church was built in 1684 by Deacon John Hinckley on the site of an...	Mashpee, Massachusetts Mashpee, Massachusetts Mashpee is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 14,006 as of 2010.For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Mashpee, please see the articles on Mashpee Neck, Monomoscoy Island, New Seabury, Popponesset, Popponesset Island,...	1684	Oldest Native American church building in America.
Quincy Homestead Quincy Homestead The Dorothy Quincy Homestead is a US National Historic Landmark in Quincy, Massachusetts. It was originally established by Edmund Quincy in 1686 as an extensive property upon which were built multiple homes...	Quincy, Massachusetts Quincy, Massachusetts Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Its nicknames are "City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council...	1686	Home to four generations of Quincys, including Dorothy Quincy Hancock. Maintained by Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation as well as the National Society of Colonial Dames in America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Jethro Coffin House Jethro Coffin House Jethro Coffin House, also known as the Oldest House, is a saltbox house built in 1686 and located on Sunset Hill Road in Nantucket, Massachusetts, is the oldest house on Nantucket in its original location and is the only surviving structure from...	Nantucket, Massachusetts Nantucket, Massachusetts Nantucket is an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the coterminous Nantucket County, which are consolidated. Part of the town is designated the Nantucket...	1686	Oldest house on Nantucket Island.
Joseph Willis House Joseph Willis House Joseph Willis House is an historic colonial house at 28 Worchester Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1688 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984....	Taunton, Massachusetts Taunton, Massachusetts Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the seat of Bristol County and the hub of the Greater Taunton Area. The city is located south of Boston, east of Providence, north of Fall River and west of Plymouth. The City of Taunton is situated on the Taunton River...	1688	Oldest house in Taunton.
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm The Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm is a Colonial American farm located at 5 Little's Lane, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA, in the midst of of open land bordering the Merrimack River and Plum Island Sound...	Newbury, Massachusetts Newbury, Massachusetts Newbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,666 at the 2010 census. Newbury includes the villages of Old Town , Plum Island and Byfield, home of The Governor's Academy , a private preparatory school.- History :Newbury Plantation was settled and incorporated...	1690 or earlier	One of the oldest stone buildings in New England.
Old Jail Old Jail (Barnstable, Massachusetts) Barnstable's Old Gaol is an historic jail on Massachusetts Route 6A in Barnstable, Massachusetts and is the oldest wooden jail in the United States of America....	Barnstable, Massachusetts Barnstable, Massachusetts Barnstable is a city, referred to as the Town of Barnstable, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the county seat of Barnstable County. Barnstable is the largest community, both in land area and population, on Cape Cod. The town contains seven villages within its boundaries...	1690	Oldest wooden prison in America.
Deane Winthrop House Deane Winthrop House The Deane Winthrop House is an historic house at 40 Shirley Street inWinthrop, Massachusetts. Deane Winthrop was the son of the second Governor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop....	Winthrop, Massachusetts Winthrop, Massachusetts The Town of Winthrop is a municipality in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of Winthrop was 17,497 at the 2010 U.S. Census. It is an oceanside suburban community in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to Boston Harbor and is very close to Logan International...	between 1675 and 1690	The original building was built about 1637 and was then rebuilt to its present size between 1675 and 1690. It belonged to Deane Winthrop, whose father John Winthrop John Winthrop John Winthrop was a wealthy English Puritan lawyer, and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of migrants from England in 1630, and served as governor for 12 of... was the first Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Currently it is owned by the Winthrop Improvement and Historical Association. This building is one of the oldest wood frame houses in the country and it is the oldest continuously lived-in home. Located at 40 Shirley Street, the Deane Winthrop House is a registered National Historic Site.
Kimball Tavern	Haverhill, Massachusetts Haverhill, Massachusetts Haverhill is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 60,879 at the 2010 census.Located on the Merrimack River, it began as a farming community that would evolve into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power. In the...	1692	The Kimball Tavern is among the oldest buildings in Massachusetts, and one of the oldest buildings in the city of Haverhill Haverhill, Massachusetts Haverhill is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 60,879 at the 2010 census.Located on the Merrimack River, it began as a farming community that would evolve into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power. In the... . A plaque identifies it as the site of the founding of Bradford College in 1802.
Sarah Cloyce House	Framingham, Massachusetts Framingham, Massachusetts Framingham is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 68,318 as of the United States 2010 Census. -History:...	1693	Fleeing from the horrors of the Salem Witch Trials Salem witch trials The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693... , Sarah Cloyce (younger sister of Rebecca Nurse Rebecca Nurse Rebecca Towne Nurse was executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England in 1692, during the Salem witch trials. She was the wife of Francis Nurse, with several children and grandchildren, and a well-respected member of the community... and Mary Easty) and her husband Peter fled to a portion of Thomas Danforth Thomas Danforth Thomas Danforth was a judge for the 1692 Salem witch trials in early colonial America.-Early life:He was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England as the eldest son of Nicholas Danforth and Elizabeth Symmes... 's estate via the Old Connecticut Path Old Connecticut Path The Old Connecticut Path was the Native American trail that led westward from the area of Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River Valley, the very first of the North American trails that led west from the settlements close to the Atlantic seacoast, towards the interior. The earliest colonists of... . After surviving the winter in nearby caves, they built their home in what would become Framingham, Massachusetts Framingham, Massachusetts Framingham is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 68,318 as of the United States 2010 Census. -History:... .
Hart House Hart House (Lynnfield, Massachusetts) Hart House is a historic house at 172 Chestnut Street in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1695 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.-External links:*...	Lynnfield, Massachusetts Lynnfield, Massachusetts Lynnfield is a wealthy town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 11,542.- History :...	ca. 1695
Samuel Brimblecomb House	Marblehead, Massachusetts Marblehead, Massachusetts Marblehead is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,808 at the 2010 census. It is home to the Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary and Devereux Beach...	Main house dated to 1713, one structural beam dates to 1689.
St. Michael's Church (Marblehead, Massachusetts) St. Michael's Church (Marblehead, Massachusetts) St. Michael's Church is a historic Episcopal church at 26 Pleasant Street in Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is New England's oldest Episcopal church building on its original site....	1714	Marblehead, Massachusetts Marblehead, Massachusetts Marblehead is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,808 at the 2010 census. It is home to the Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary and Devereux Beach...	Oldest Episcopal parish church building on its original site in New England.
Boston Light Boston Light Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States...	Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...	1716 / 1783	First lighthouse established in the USA, 1716. The current tower, built in 1783, is the second oldest existing lighthouse in the USA (after Sandy Hook Light, New Jersey.

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