List of the oldest buildings in Maryland

This article attempts to list some of the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Maryland in the United States of America. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier. To be listed here a site must:

• date from prior to 1776; or
• be the oldest building in a county, large city, or oldest of its type (church, government building, etc.),

Building	Image	Location	First Built	Use	Notes
Old Trinity Church, Maryland		Church Creek, Maryland	1675	Religious	Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the US.[1]
Third Haven Meeting House		Talbot County, Maryland	1682	Religious	Oldest Quaker meeting house in the United States.
Spring House, Ft. Lincoln Cemetery		Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Prince George's County, Maryland	1683	Spring house	Small spring house structure. In Maryland by 300 ft.[2]
300 Walnut Grove Farm Lane		Centreville, Maryland	1683	Residence
Fort Garrison		Stevenson, Maryland	ca. 1695	Fort
Holly Hill		Friendship, Maryland	ca. 1698	Residence
Morgan Hill Farm		Lusby, Maryland	ca. 1700	Residence	oldest part built sometime between 1670 and 1700
Sotterley Plantation		Hollywood, Maryland	1702	Popular public historic interpretation and living history exhibits
Cedar Park		Galesville, Maryland	1702	Residence	date has been ascertained through dendrochronology
Melwood Park		Prince George's County, Maryland	1714 (Dendrochronology)[3]	Residence	originally thought to date to 1720s but dendochronology moved it back over a decade
Preston-on-the-Patuxent		Johnstown, Maryland	1725	Residence	originally thought to date to 1651
Christ Church (Ironsides, Maryland)		Nanjemoy, Maryland	1732	Religious	One of the oldest Episcopal church buildings in Maryland
Hager House (Hagerstown, Maryland)		Hagerstown, Maryland	1740	Residence	Built by Jonathan Hager, the founder of Hagerstown, MD, and the oldest building in Washington County, MD.
William Hilleary House (Bladensburg, Maryland)		Bladensburg, Maryland	1742	Residence
Cross Manor		St. Inigoes, Maryland	"prior to 1765"	House
Schifferstadt		Frederick, Maryland	1756	House	Oldest residential building in Frederick, MD
Mount Clare (Maryland)		Baltimore, Maryland	1767	Residence	Oldest Colonial-era structure in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Maryland State House		Annapolis, Maryland	1772	Government	Oldest state house in continuous use in the United States
Catoctin Furnace		Frederick County, Maryland	1774	Iron Forge	Provided ammunition for American Revolutionary War
Burrages End		Lothian, Maryland	ca. 1780	Residence
Pooles Island Light		Pooles Island off Aberdeen Proving Ground	1825	Lighthouse	Oldest surviving lighthouse in Maryland
Lloyd Street Synagogue		Baltimore, Maryland	1840	Religious	Oldest surviving synagogue building in Maryland, third oldest in U.S.

See also

• Oldest buildings in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Maryland

References

1. "Old Trinity Church HABS MD No. 201" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. US National Park Service. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
2. http://www.fort-lincoln.com/location/about/facility.html
3. Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. "The Tree-Ring Dating of Melwood Park, Prince George's County, Maryland". Dendrochronology. Retrieved 15 February 2013.