List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut


This article lists the oldest buildings in the state of Connecticut. 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.
BuildingImageLocationBuiltNotes
Henry Whitfield HouseGuilford1639Oldest surviving stone American Colonial house in New England, museum since 1899.
Buckingham HouseMilford1640Core dates to 1640 modifications in 1725 and 1753. NRHP.
Feake-Ferris HouseGreenwich1645Core dates to 1645 modifications in 1689.
Thomas Lee HouseEast Lyme1660Began as a one-room house, museum since 1897.
Deacon John Moore HouseWindsor1664Crossing 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.
Acadian HouseGuilford1670Saltbox named after the Acadians who lived there following 1755 deportation from Canada. NRHP.
Dr. Philip Turner HouseNorwich1670The house was occupied by American Revolutionary War surgeon Philip Turner.
Nehemiah Royce HouseWallingford1672Saltbox, General George Washington slept here in 1775, once a residence for Choate Rosemary Hall.
Leffingwell InnNorwich1675Important meeting place during the American Revolutionary War.
Elisha Bushnell HouseOld Saybrook1678The Colonial property includes two contributing buildings, the second being termed the "Slave House".
Joshua Hempsted HouseNew London1678One of the earliest documented houses in Connecticut, now a museum.
Parker HouseOld Saybrook1679Early gambrel roof. The house remained in the Parker family until the 1960s. NRHP
John Hollister HouseGlastonbury1680Has hewn overhang with supporting corbels.
Thomas Wheeler HouseBridgeport1680Located in Black Rock, an area with deep colonial maritime history. Core may date to 1644. 22" wide summer beams.
Deacon John Graves HouseMadison1681Saltbox saved from demolition and fully restored in 1983 by a private foundation, now a museum in Madison.
Ephraim Hawley HouseStratford1683Core is a -story Cape Cod cottage modified into a saltbox, hand-riven oak clapboard in situ in lean-to attic.
Ward-Heitman HouseWest Haven1684Historic House Museum. NRHP.
John Randall HouseStonington1685Notable for its restoration in the 1930s by early preservationist Norman Isham. NRHP.
Samuel Harris HouseMiddletown1686May be Middletown's oldest building. NRHP.
Loomis HomesteadWindsor1688Part of Loomis Chaffee School, main house dates to 1688, with attached ell dating to some point between 1640 and 1688.
Elisha Pitkin HouseGuilford1690Moved from East Hartford in 1955, interior retains many original 18th-century features. NRHP.
Jonathan Murray HouseMadison1690Distinctive roof. NRHP.
Meigs-Bishop HouseGuilford1690English tea room in Madison.
Putnam CottageGreenwich1690Also known as Knapp Tavern during the American Revolution.
Bradford-Huntington HouseNorwich1691Gambrel home of American Revolutionary War officer Jabez Huntington. Claimed Huntington hosted George Washington here.
John Whittlesey Jr. HouseOld Saybrook1693Private residence. NRHP.
Comfort Starr HouseGuilford1695Original oak clapboard in lean-to attic, residence. Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a construction date of 1695.
Avery HomesteadLedyard1696Begun as a single-story, one-room house and later expanded to a two-story, two-room house by 1726.
General David Humphreys HouseAnsonia1698Home of the first U.S. Ambassador, now a museum. Partially rebuilt in 1733. NRHP.
Hoyt-Barnum HouseStamford1699Early Cape Cod Cottage, Stamford Historical Society museum. NRHP.
Stanton-Davis Homestead MuseumStonington1700A working farm for the last 350 years. NRHP.
Eells-Stow HouseMilford1700Served as a hospital during Revolutionary War, now a museum.
Shelley HouseMadison1700Dated to before 1700 by J. Frederick Kelly. Chamfered summer and girts with lambs-tongue stops
Pratt HouseEssex1701Ell dating to 1701, according to museum site. Main block dates to 1732. NRHP.
Howd-Linsley House[North Branford, Connecticut|Branford, Connecticut|North, Branford]1705Chamfered summer beams and beaded joists. NRHP
Abraham Coult HouseGlastonbury1706Saved from demolition and moved in 1972. NRHP.
Clark HomesteadLebanon1708Lebanon's oldest building. NRHP.
John Glover HouseNewtown1708Private residence. NRHP.
Pelatiah Leete HouseGuilford1710Oldest surviving house belonging to Leete family. NRHP.
Raymond-Bradford HomesteadMontville1710Constructed by a woman, Mercy Sands Raymond, in the colonial period. NRHP.
Strong HouseCoventry1710Historic house museum. NRHP.
John Tyler HouseBranford1710Private residence, NRHP.
Buttolph-Williams HouseWethersfield1711Connecticut Landmark museum.
Solomon Goffe HouseMeriden1711Historic house museum, oldest building in Meriden. NRHP.
Black Horse Tavern (Old Saybrook, Connecticut)Old Saybrook1712Private residence. NRHP.
Hyland HouseGuilford1713Saltbox with framed overhang and flat plaster ceilings, now a museum. Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a 1713 construction date.
Keeler TavernRidgefield1713Fired upon during the Battle of Ridgefield in 1777. NRHP.
Norton HouseBranford1715House was built in Madison and moved to Branford in 1940. NRHP.
Edward Waldo HouseScotland1715Occupied by a single family for over 250 years, now owned by the local historical society.
Pequotsepos ManorMystic1717House Museum with paired summer beams. Last house restored by architect J. Frederick Kelly
Stanley-Whitman HouseFarmington1720Saltbox with framed overhang style with carved pendants, now a museum.
Kimberly MansionGlastonbury1720Home of political activists involved in causes including abolitionism and women's suffrage. NRHP.
James Hazelton HouseHaddam1720Late First Period house. NRHP.
Samuel Huntington BirthplaceScotland1723Saltbox home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut, now a museum.
Jared Eliot HouseGuilford1723A well-preserved example of period residential architecture. NRHP.
Captain David Judson HouseStratford1723A fine example of early Georgian Architecture chimney and cellar date to 1638. NRHP.
Harrison HouseBranford1724Saltbox with overhang serves as the Branford Historical Society museum.