List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut

This article attempts to list the oldest buildings extant in the U.S. state of Connecticut, including the oldest houses and any other surviving structures. Construction dates are based upon tax records, dendrochronology, architectural studies or other public records. If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates. Location is the original township where building was constructed.

Building	Image	Township	Built	Notes
Henry Whitfield House		Guilford	1639	Oldest surviving stone American Colonial house in New England, museum since 1899.[1]
Captain David Judson House		Stratford	1639–1723	Stone fireplace and foundation (cellar) from 1639, later Georgian Architecture modifications, Stratford Historical Society museum.[2][3][4]
Loomis Homestead		Windsor	1640–1688	Ell from 1640, main house from 1688, oldest wooden house in Connecticut, now Loomis Chaffee School.
Thomas Wheeler House		Fairfield	1644–1680	Core from 1644, expanded 1680, oldest house in Bridgeport Black Rock Harbor, residence.
Comfort Starr House		Guilford	1645–1695	Original oak clapboard in lean-to attic, residence.[5] Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a construction date of 1695.[6]
Thomas Lee House		Lyme	1660–1664	Began as a one-room house, oldest wooden saltbox still in its primitive state, museum since 1897.[7]
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.
Ephraim Hawley House		Stratford	1670–1690	Began as a 1 1/2 story Cottage, original oak clapboard lean-to attic, saltbox residence.[8][9][10]
Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum		Stonington	1670–1700	A working farm for the last 340 years.
Nehemiah Royce House		Wallingford	1672	Saltbox, General George Washington slept here in 1775, once a residence for Choate Rosemary Hall.[11]
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.[12]
Parker House		Old Saybrook	1679	Deacon William Parker House.
Swain-Harrison House		Branford	1680–1724	Saltbox with overhang serves as the Branford Historical Society museum.[13]
Deacon John Graves House		Guilford	1681	Saltbox saved from demolition and fully restored in 1983 by a private foundation, now a museum in Madison.[14]
Zachariah Curtiss Houses		Stratford	1686–1721	Early Georgian architectural style, residence.[8][9]
Acadian House		Guilford	1690	Saltbox named after the Acadians who lived there following 1755 deportation from Canada.[15]
Hyland House		Guilford	1690–1713	Saltbox with framed overhang, now a museum.[16] Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a 1713 construction date.[17]
Thomas Lyon House		Greenwich	1690	Oldest unaltered saltbox house in Greenwich.
Meigs-Bishop House		Guilford	1690	English tea room in Madison.[18]
Jonathan Murray House		Guilford	1690	Private residence in Madison listed on the NRHP
John Whittlesey Jr. House		Old Saybrook	1693	Private residence listed on the NRHP.
General David Humphreys House		Ansonia	1695–1698	Home of the first U.S. Ambassador, now a museum.
Hoyt-Barnum House		Stamford	1699	Early Cape Cod Cottage, Stamford Historical Society museum.[19]
Eells-Stow House		Milford	1700–1720	Served as a hospital during Revolutionary War, now a museum.[20]
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.[21]
Stanley-Whitman House		Farmington	1709–1720	Saltbox with framed overhang style with carved pendants, now a museum.[22]
John Tyler House		Branford	1710	Private residence listed on the NRHP.
Buttolph-Williams House		Wethersfield	1711	Connecticut Landmark museum.[23]
Black Horse Tavern (Old Saybrook, Connecticut)		Old Saybrook	1712	Private residence listed on the NRHP.[24][25]

Notes

1. Historic Houses of Early America, Elsie Lathrop, Kessinger, New York, 2006 page 305
2. History of the Old Town of Stratford, Connecticut, Samuel Orcutt, Fairfield Historical Society, 1886, Vol. I, page 89
3. Stratford Historical Society website retrieved on 2009-05-11
4. WPA Architectural Survey Connecticut State Library
5. Connecticut: A Guide to its Roads, Lore and People, Federal WPA Project, 1938 page 165
7. East Lyme Historical Society website retrieved on 2009-05-11
8. W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut 1935-1942
9. Geoffrey Rossano PhD, Historic and Architectural Resource Survey of Trumbull, Connecticut, produced for the Connecticut Historical Commission, Hartford, CT, 2002
10. Heather Jones and Bruce Harvey,PhD, S&ME, Inc., Historic and Architectural Survey of the Town of Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Produced for the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Hartford, CT, 2010
11. Wallingford Historical Society website retrieved on 2009-05-11
12. Connecticut Landmarks website retrieved on 2009-05-12
13. Branford Historical Society website retrieved 2009-05-11
14. Deacon John Graves Foundation website retrieved on 2009-05-17
15. Acadians-Guilford Albert Lafreniere website retrieved on 2009-05-13 website
16. Hyland House Museum website retrieved 2009-05-11
18. Front Parlour website retrieved on 2009-05-13
19. Stamford Historical Society website retrieved on 2009-05-12
20. Milford Historical website retrieved on 2009-05-12
21. Samuel Huntington Birthplace website retrieved on 2009-05-11
22. Stanley-Whitman Museum website retrieved on 2009-05-11
23. CT Landmarks website retrieved on 2009-05-11
24. NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Black Horse Tavern
25. Accompanying 10 photos, exterior and interior, from 1978