List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut

See also: List of the oldest buildings in the United States

This article lists the oldest buildings in the state of Connecticut, United States of America. The dates of construction are based on land tax and probate records, architectural studies, genealogy, radio carbon dating, and dendrochronology. Buildings on the list are limited to the First Period of American architecture (before 1725).

Building Image Location Built Notes
Henry Whitfield House Guilford 1639 Oldest surviving stone American Colonial house in New England, museum since 1899.[1]
Buckingham House Milford 1640 Core dates to 1640 modifications in 1725 and 1753. NRHP. [2][3]
Feake-Ferris House Greenwich 1645 Core dates to 1645 modifications in 1689.[4]
Thomas Lee House East Lyme 1660 Began as a one-room house, museum since 1897.[5]
Deacon John Moore House Windsor 1664 Crossing summer beams. Moore was also a woodworker known for using the foliated vine design, which depicts vines and blossoms carved in shallow relief with flat surfaces. NRHP.[6]
Acadian House Guilford 1670 Saltbox named after the Acadians who lived there following 1755 deportation from Canada. NRHP.[7][8]
Dr. Philip Turner House Norwich 1670 The house was occupied by American Revolutionary War surgeon Philip Turner.
Nehemiah Royce House Wallingford 1672 Saltbox, General George Washington slept here in 1775, once a residence for Choate Rosemary Hall.[9]
Leffingwell Inn Norwich 1675 Important meeting place during the American Revolutionary War.
Elisha Bushnell House Old Saybrook 1678 The Colonial property includes two contributing buildings, the second being termed the "Slave House".
Joshua Hempsted House New London 1678 One of the earliest documented houses in Connecticut, now a museum.[10]
Parker House Old Saybrook 1679 Early gambrel roof. The house remained in the Parker family until the 1960s. NRHP
John Hollister House Glastonbury 1680[11] Has hewn overhang with supporting corbels.
Thomas Wheeler House Bridgeport 1680[12] Located in Black Rock, an area with deep colonial maritime history. Core may date to 1644. 22" wide summer beams.
Deacon John Graves House Madison 1681 Saltbox saved from demolition and fully restored in 1983 by a private foundation, now a museum in Madison.[13]
Ephraim Hawley House Stratford 1683 Core is a 1+1⁄2-story Cape Cod cottage modified into a saltbox, hand-riven oak clapboard in situ in lean-to attic.
Ward-Heitman House West Haven 1684 Historic House Museum. NRHP.
John Randall House Stonington 1685 Notable for its restoration in the 1930s by early preservationist Norman Isham. NRHP.[14][15]
Samuel Harris House Middletown 1686[16] May be Middletown's oldest building. NRHP.
Loomis Homestead Windsor 1688[17] Part of Loomis Chaffee School, main house dates to 1688, with attached ell dating to some point between 1640 and 1688.[18][19][20]
Elisha Pitkin House Guilford 1690 Moved from East Hartford in 1955, interior retains many original 18th-century features. NRHP.[21]
Jonathan Murray House Madison 1690 Distinctive roof. NRHP.[22]
Meigs-Bishop House Guilford 1690 English tea room in Madison.[23]
Putnam Cottage Greenwich 1690 Also known as Knapp Tavern during the American Revolution.[24]
Bradford-Huntington House Norwich 1691 Gambrel home of American Revolutionary War officer Jabez Huntington. Claimed Huntington hosted George Washington here.
John Whittlesey Jr. House Old Saybrook 1693 Private residence. NRHP.
Comfort Starr House Guilford 1695 Original oak clapboard in lean-to attic, residence.[25] Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a construction date of 1695.[26]
Avery Homestead Ledyard 1696 Begun as a single-story, one-room house and later expanded to a two-story, two-room house by 1726.
General David Humphreys House Ansonia 1698 Home of the first U.S. Ambassador, now a museum. Partially rebuilt in 1733. NRHP.
Hoyt-Barnum House Stamford 1699 Early Cape Cod Cottage, Stamford Historical Society museum. NRHP.[27]
Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum Stonington 1700 A working farm for the last 350 years. NRHP.[28][29]
Eells-Stow House Milford 1700 Served as a hospital during Revolutionary War, now a museum.[30]
Shelley House Madison 1700 Dated to before 1700 by J. Frederick Kelly. Chamfered summer and girts with lambs-tongue stops[31]
Pratt House Essex 1701 Ell dating to 1701, according to museum site. Main block dates to 1732. NRHP.
Howd-Linsley House North, Branford 1705 Chamfered summer beams and beaded joists. NRHP
Abraham Coult House Glastonbury 1706 Saved from demolition and moved in 1972. NRHP.[32]
Clark Homestead Lebanon 1708 Lebanon's oldest building. NRHP.[33]
John Glover House Newtown 1708 Private residence. NRHP.[34]
Pelatiah Leete House Guilford 1710 Oldest surviving house belonging to Leete family. NRHP.[35]
Raymond-Bradford Homestead Montville 1710 Constructed by a woman, Mercy Sands Raymond, in the colonial period. NRHP.[36]
Strong House Coventry 1710 Historic house museum. NRHP.[37]
John Tyler House Branford 1710 Private residence, NRHP.
Buttolph-Williams House Wethersfield 1711 Connecticut Landmark museum.[38]
Solomon Goffe House Meriden 1711 Historic house museum, oldest building in Meriden. NRHP.[39]
Black Horse Tavern (Old Saybrook, Connecticut) Old Saybrook 1712 Private residence. NRHP.[40][41]
Hyland House Guilford 1713 Saltbox with framed overhang and flat plaster ceilings, now a museum.[42] Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a 1713 construction date.[43]
Keeler Tavern Ridgefield 1713 Fired upon during the Battle of Ridgefield in 1777. NRHP.[44]
Norton House Branford 1715 House was built in Madison and moved to Branford in 1940. NRHP.
Edward Waldo House Scotland 1715 Occupied by a single family for over 250 years, now owned by the local historical society.
Pequotsepos Manor Mystic 1717 House Museum with paired summer beams. Last house restored by architect J. Frederick Kelly[45]
Stanley-Whitman House Farmington 1720 Saltbox with framed overhang style with carved pendants, now a museum.[46]
Kimberly Mansion Glastonbury 1720 Home of political activists involved in causes including abolitionism and women's suffrage. NRHP.[47]
James Hazelton House Haddam 1720 Late First Period house. NRHP.[48]
Samuel Huntington Birthplace Scotland 1723 Saltbox home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut, now a museum.[49]
Jared Eliot House Guilford 1723 A well-preserved example of period residential architecture. NRHP.[50]
Captain David Judson House Stratford 1723 A fine example of early Georgian Architecture chimney and cellar date to 1638. NRHP.
Harrison House Branford 1724 Saltbox with overhang serves as the Branford Historical Society museum.[51]

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