List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts (English Wikipedia)

NRHP nomination for Bellingham-Cary House. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Massachusetts, 1964–2012. National Archive. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
NRHP nomination for Hoar Tavern. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Massachusetts, 1964–2012. National Archive. Retrieved September 26, 2017.

barkertavern.com

"The Barker Tavern – Fine Dining Restaurant in Scituate, MA". Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.

belmont-ma.gov

"52 Washington" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.

books.google.com

Elsie Lathrop (2006). "Historic Houses of Early America". Kessinger. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-4286-5501-0.
"The First Functional Homes". LIFE Magazine. Vol. 38. April 18, 1955. Retrieved August 11, 2021 – via Google Books.

bostonglobe.com

"17th-century house moved to new home," Jul 14, 2013, The Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com › regionals › south › 2013/07/13 ›

colonialsociety.org

Abbott Lowell Cummings, "Massachusetts and Its First Period Houses: A Statistical Survey," Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 51 (1979), p.119 https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/1966 (accessed 2/17/23)

concordart.org

"SDW.155-76 Main St" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2019.

concordlibrary.org

"Thomas Dane House (47 Lexington Road, Concord, Mass.) Collection, 1867-1998 | Special Collections | Concord Free Public Library". concordlibrary.org.

dendrochronology.com

Miles, D H; Worthington, M J; Grady, A A. "Massachusetts: Fairbanks House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Blake House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Massachusetts: The Pickering House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Gedney House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Turner House, House of Seven Gables". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Tuttle House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Deane Winthrop House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Capen House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Narbonne House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Whipple House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Coffin House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
"Massachusetts: The Balch House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
"Massachusetts: The Hart House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Cooper-Frost-Austin House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Pierce House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Massachusetts: 20 White Place". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Paine-Dodge House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Parson Capen House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Dwight-Derby House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Abbot House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Old Garrison House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Haskell House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Old Castle". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Holt Hill Farm". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Bardeen-Culver Barn". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Bradford House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: John Quincy Adams Birthplace". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
"Massachusetts: John Adams Birthplace". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Gov. Bellingham-Cary House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory - Massachusetts". www.dendrochronology.com.

dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org

"James Blake House". Dorchester Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

epa.gov

www3.epa.gov

"NPDES RGP Notice of Intent" (PDF). Environmental Protection Agency. September 16, 2011.

firstperiodnewengland.wordpress.com

"Houses". March 20, 2017.

fun107.com

Own One of the Oldest and Most Haunted Houses on Cape Cod https://fun107.com/own-one-of-the-oldest-and-most-haunted-houses-on-cape-cod-photos/ https://fun107.com/own-one-of-the-oldest-and-most-haunted-houses-on-cape-cod-photos/

historicipswich.org

"52 Jeffreys Neck Road, Shatswell Planters Cottage (c 1646)" https://historicipswich.org/shatswell-planters-cottage-jeffreys-neck-road/
"27 High Street, the Edward Brown House (1650)". December 8, 2012.
First Period houses of Salem, Massachusetts BY GORDON HARRIS https://historicipswich.org/2016/11/06/first-period-houses-of-salem-massachusetts/ Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
"First Period houses of Salem, Massachusetts". November 7, 2016. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
"17 High Street, the Thomas Lord house (After 1658)". August 30, 2012.
"Antique houses of Wenham, Massachusetts – Historic Ipswich". Archived from the original on August 30, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
"Colonial houses of West Newbury MA – Historic Ipswich". Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
"34 High Street, the White Horse Inn (1659 / 1763)". September 5, 2012.
"26 High Street, the Philip Call house (1659, with additions)". August 26, 2012.
"Choate-Caldwell House, 16 Elm St. (Now at Smithsonian)" https://historicipswich.org/2021/04/21/16-elm-st-smithsonian/ (accessed 2/11/2023)

historicmassachusetts.org

https://historicmassachusetts.org/first-period/ accessed 4/20/23

historicnewengland.org

"Coffin House Newbury, Massachusetts". Historic New England. Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
"20 White Place". Historic New England. April 23, 2013. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Boardman House (1692)". Historic New England. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

kplma.org

Massachusetts Historical Commission http://kplma.org/hh/hh63.pdf
"John Doane House, 34 Wapping Road". Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

latimes.com

Priscella Vega (January 12, 2019). "Huntington Beach family buys Massachusetts home with link to Salem witch trials". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

lexingtonhistory.org

"Publications and Reports". Lexington Historical Society. Retrieved April 25, 2021.

marshfield-ma.gov

Marshfield House Survey https://www.marshfield-ma.gov/historical-commission/pages/house-survey
"Marshfield House Survey" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.

medfieldhistoricalsociety.org

"Peak House -".

mhc-macris.net

"NRHP nomination for South Hingham Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
"MACRIS". Massachusetts Historical Commission. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
"NRHP nomination for Eastham Center Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
"William Murray House". Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
Massachusetts Historical Commission https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=kin.313
"MACRIS Details". Massachusetts Historical Commission. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
"MACRIS Details". Massachusetts Historical Commission. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
"MACRIS".
"MACRIS Details". Massachusetts Historical Commission. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
"Architectural Survey". Massachusetts Historical Commission. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
Massachusetts Historical Commission. "Historic Building Detail: STN.9. Green, Jonathan House".
"Johnson, Timothy House". Massachusetts Historical Commission. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.

museumsusa.org

"Museum Info: Dwight-Derby House Medfield, Massachusetts". www.museumsusa.org. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2021.

northandoverhistoricalsociety.org

North Andover Historical Society. "Parson Barnard House".

nps.gov

"The Clough House at Old North Church & Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
"John Adams Birthplace". National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 30, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"National Historic Landmark Nomination, page 4" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.

nypost.com

Zap, Claudine (March 26, 2020). "380-year-old Massachusetts house is oldest for sale in America". Realtor.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020 – via the New York Post.

patch.com

DeSorgher: It's All in the Name; Who is Your Street Named After? https://patch.com/massachusetts/medfield/desorgher-it-s-all-in-the-name-who-is-your-street-named-after
"Uniquely Medfield: East Main Street, Gateway into Medfield". August 3, 2012.

patriotledger.com

'Oldest home on the market' in the US is in Massachusetts," Jessica Trufant, The Patriot Ledger June 4, 2024 https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2024/06/04/zillow-gone-wild-plympton-ma-hgtv-houses-with-history-real-estate-sale/73972732007/ (accessed 9/20/2024)

paulreverehouse.org

"The Paul Revere House". Archived from the original on July 15, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

peabodyhistorical.org

"Properties". Peabody Historical Society. Retrieved June 12, 2021.

pem.org

"Samuel Pickman House". pem.org. Retrieved April 19, 2021.

period-homes.com

Eve M. Kahn. "Puritan's Progress". www.period-homes.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2021.

plymouthdeeds.org

Douglas J. Smith, Chairman Scituate Historical Commission "WILLIAMS – BARKER HOUSE: Garrison House During King Philip War Former Block-House now site of The Barker Tavern," (Plymouth Registry of Deeds, BOOK 73, PAGE 49) https://www.plymouthdeeds.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4881/f/u60/williams-barker_house.pdf

realtor.com

Behar, Rena (August 2, 2017). "Solid as a Rock, America's Oldest Brick House Has Been Standing Since 1680". Realtor.com.

rootsweb.com

sites.rootsweb.com

"Descendants of Edmund Hunt (542)". sites.rootsweb.com.

rwu.edu

docs.rwu.edu

"Vincent House | Houses and Other Structures | Roger Williams University".

salemnews.com

Kelsey Bode (January 3, 2019). "Historians, Proctor house owners to preserve true history of life after trials". Salem News. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

sandwichhistory.org

"SDW.155 - 76 Main St" (PDF). November 8, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
"Plaques help mark Sandwich history | Sandwich Historical Commission". September 22, 2018.

squarespace.com

static1.squarespace.com

"The Hount House 1641" Thursday August 29, 1968, Duxbury Clipper, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b16b2389772aeb3c1acfbc1/t/5c658bd77817f7b5b388e15a/1550158807829/Hunt%2C+Edmond+1641_1968.08.pdf Archived 2022-05-12 at the Wayback Machine

topsfieldhistory.org

"Parson Capen House". Topsfield Historical Society. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2021.

web.archive.org

Miles, D H; Worthington, M J; Grady, A A. "Massachusetts: Fairbanks House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"James Blake House". Dorchester Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Blake House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
Eve M. Kahn. "Puritan's Progress". www.period-homes.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: The Pickering House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Gedney House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Turner House, House of Seven Gables". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Tuttle House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Deane Winthrop House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Capen House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Narbonne House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Whipple House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Coffin House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
"Coffin House Newbury, Massachusetts". Historic New England. Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
"Massachusetts: The Balch House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
"Massachusetts: The Hart House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Cooper-Frost-Austin House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Pierce House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Massachusetts: 20 White Place". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"20 White Place". Historic New England. April 23, 2013. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Boardman House (1692)". Historic New England. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Paine-Dodge House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Parson Capen House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
"Parson Capen House". Topsfield Historical Society. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Dwight-Derby House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Museum Info: Dwight-Derby House Medfield, Massachusetts". www.museumsusa.org. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Abbot House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Old Garrison House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Haskell House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Old Castle". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Holt Hill Farm". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Bardeen-Culver Barn". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Bradford House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"Massachusetts: John Quincy Adams Birthplace". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
"John Adams Birthplace". National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 30, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: John Adams Birthplace". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
"Massachusetts: Gov. Bellingham-Cary House". Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
Kelsey Bode (January 3, 2019). "Historians, Proctor house owners to preserve true history of life after trials". Salem News. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
Priscella Vega (January 12, 2019). "Huntington Beach family buys Massachusetts home with link to Salem witch trials". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
"The Barker Tavern – Fine Dining Restaurant in Scituate, MA". Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
Zap, Claudine (March 26, 2020). "380-year-old Massachusetts house is oldest for sale in America". Realtor.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020 – via the New York Post.
"Wing Fort House". Wing Family of America. Wing Family of America, Inc. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
"The Hount House 1641" Thursday August 29, 1968, Duxbury Clipper, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b16b2389772aeb3c1acfbc1/t/5c658bd77817f7b5b388e15a/1550158807829/Hunt%2C+Edmond+1641_1968.08.pdf Archived 2022-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
"John Doane House, 34 Wapping Road". Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
"SDW.155 - 76 Main St" (PDF). November 8, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
"Marshfield House Survey" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
First Period houses of Salem, Massachusetts BY GORDON HARRIS https://historicipswich.org/2016/11/06/first-period-houses-of-salem-massachusetts/ Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
"First Period houses of Salem, Massachusetts". November 7, 2016. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
"Homes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
"52 Washington" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
"SDW.155-76 Main St" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
"Antique houses of Wenham, Massachusetts – Historic Ipswich". Archived from the original on August 30, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
"Colonial houses of West Newbury MA – Historic Ipswich". Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
"The Paul Revere House". Archived from the original on July 15, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
"William Murray House". Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
"National Historic Landmark Nomination, page 4" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
"Johnson, Timothy House". Massachusetts Historical Commission. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.

weymouth.ma.us

"Homes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.

wickedlocal.com

Rich Harbert, "Dendrochronology - the science of tree-ring dating - take on Plymouth's oldest homes Modern day science addresses age old question" May 19, 2022 https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/old-colony-memorial/2022/05/19/tree-ring-dating-plymouths-oldest-houses/9751243002/
Inside Keyes House – News – Wicked Local – Boston, MA https://www.wickedlocal.com › Inside-Keyes-House
Anderson, John (March 2, 2016). "Medford Historical Society to sell Peter Tufts House". WickedLocal.

scituate.wickedlocal.com

"Keith Walo for Selectman," Scituate Mariner, Scituate, MA – Wicked Local... https://scituate.wickedlocal.com May 20, 2016

williamhaskellhouse.com

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wingfamily.org

"Wing Fort House". Wing Family of America. Wing Family of America, Inc. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2016.