List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut

This article lists the oldest extant buildings in the state of Connecticut in the United States of America, including houses and any other surviving structures. The dates of construction are approximate and based on land tax and probate records, architectural studies, genealogy and dendrochronology. All entries should include a citation with reference to support the date of construction. Buildings on the list should be limited to the First Period of American architecture. If the exact year of construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates. The location shown is the original township where the building was constructed.

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Building Image Township Built Notes
Henry Whitfield House Guilford 1640 Oldest surviving stone American Colonial house in New England, museum since 1899.[1]
Feake-Ferris House Greenwich 1645 The age of the structure was verified by Columbia University dendrochronologists at the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory[2] conducting "[a] 2015 dendrochronology analysis of the house [which] dated the west side of the existing house--the Feake House--to 1645; the north "lean-to" addition to the Feake house made by Jeffrey Ferris to 1660; and the east side and expansion of the "lean-to" - the James Ferris expansion - to 1689."[3][4]
John Hollister House Glastonbury 1649-1675 Has hewn overhang with supporting corbels.
Thomas Lee House East Lyme 1660–1664 Began as a one-room house, oldest wooden saltbox still in its primitive state, museum since 1897.[5]
Deacon John Moore House Windsor 1664 Moore was also a woodworker known for using the foliated vine design, which depicts vines and blossoms carved in shallow relief with flat surfaces.
Dr. Philip Turner House
Norwich 1670 Believed to have been originally built in 1670, the house was later occupied by American Revolutionary surgeon Philip Turner.
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.[6]
Thomas Wheeler House Bridgeport 1680-1720[7] Was once part of Fairfield and is an area with deep colonial maritime history.
Deacon John Graves House Guilford 1681 Saltbox saved from demolition and fully restored in 1983 by a private foundation, now a museum in Madison.[8]
Ephraim Hawley House Stratford 1683-1690 ​1 1⁄2-story Cape Cod cottage saltbox, hand-riven oak clapboard in situ in lean-to attic.
Acadian House Guilford 1690 Saltbox named after the Acadians who lived there following 1755 deportation from Canada.[9]
John Randall House Stonington 1690 Notable for its restoration in the 1930s by early preservationist Norman Isham.
Meigs-Bishop House Guilford 1690 English tea room in Madison.[10]
John Whittlesey Jr. House Old Saybrook 1693 Private residence listed on the NRHP.
Comfort Starr House Guilford 1695 Original oak clapboard in lean-to attic, residence.[11] Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a construction date of 1695.[12]
General David Humphreys House Ansonia 1695–1698 Home of the first U.S. Ambassador, now a museum.
Avery Homestead Ledyard 1696 Begun as a single-story, one-room house and later expanded to a two-story, two-room house by 1726.
Hoyt-Barnum House Stamford 1699 Early Cape Cod Cottage, Stamford Historical Society museum.[13]
Eells-Stow House Milford 1700–1720 Served as a hospital during Revolutionary War, now a museum.[14]
Pond-Weed House Darien 1700 Saltbox residence.
Samuel Huntington Birthplace Scotland 1700–1722 Saltbox home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut, now a museum.[15]
Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum Stonington 1700[16] A working farm for the last 340 years.
Stanley-Whitman House Farmington 1709–1720 Saltbox with framed overhang style with carved pendants, now a museum.[17]
John Tyler House Branford 1710 Private residence listed on the NRHP.
Buttolph-Williams House Wethersfield 1711 Connecticut Landmark museum.[18]
Black Horse Tavern (Old Saybrook, Connecticut) Old Saybrook 1712 Private residence listed on the NRHP.[19][20]

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Hyland House Guilford 1713 Saltbox with framed overhang and flat plaster ceilings, now a museum.[21] Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a 1713 construction date.[22]
Captain David Judson House Stratford 1723[23] Georgian architecture with stone foundation and chimney of original stone house built in 1639.
Jonathan Whaples House
Newington 1723 Built by John Whaples For Jonathan Whaples in 1723 this home is one of the oldest in Newington.[24]
Swain-Harrison House Branford 1724 Saltbox with overhang serves as the Branford Historical Society museum.[25]
Nehemiah Royce House Wallingford 1734 Saltbox, General George Washington slept here in 1775, once a residence for Choate Rosemary Hall.[26]
Thomas Lyon House Greenwich 1739[27] Oldest unaltered saltbox house in Greenwich.
See also: Oldest buildings in America

Notes
  1. Historic Houses of Early America, Elsie Lathrop, Kessinger, New York, 2006 page 305
  2. Cook, Edward R.; William J. Callahan, Jr. "A Dendrochronological Analysis of the "Voorhees Family Barn", Branchburg, Somerset County, New Jersey," (September 2016) p.8.
  3. "The Feake-Ferris House". Greenwich Point Conservancy. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  4. "Citation for Feake-Ferris House".
  5. East Lyme Historical Society website retrieved on 2009-05-11
  6. Connecticut Landmarks website retrieved on 2009-05-12 Archived 2008-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Wheeler House, Bridgeport".
  8. Deacon John Graves Foundation website retrieved on 2009-05-17
  9. Acadians-Guilford Albert Lafreniere website retrieved on 2009-05-13 website
  10. Front Parlour website retrieved on 2009-05-13 Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Connecticut: A Guide to its Roads, Lore and People, Federal WPA Project, 1938 page 165
  13. Stamford Historical Society website retrieved on 2009-05-12
  14. Milford Historical website retrieved on 2009-05-12 Archived 2009-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  15. Samuel Huntington Birthplace website retrieved on 2009-05-11
  16. "Stanton-Davis House".
  17. Stanley-Whitman Museum website retrieved on 2009-05-11
  18. CT Landmarks website retrieved on 2009-05-11
  19. NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Black Horse Tavern
  20. Accompanying 10 photos, exterior and interior, from 1978
  21. Hyland House Museum website retrieved 2009-05-11
  23. Orcutt, Samuel (1886). A history of the old town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut. 1. New Haven, Connecticut: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. p. 89.
  24. "Home Of Whaples, John, 944 Main St". Treasures of Connecticut Libraries. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  25. "Branford Historical Society website retrieved 2009-05-11". Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  26. "Wallingford Historical Society website retrieved on 2009-05-11". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  27. "Dendrochronology results in "Architectural Fabric of the Thomas Lyon House Phase 2"".
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