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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).
The Loomis Homestead in Windsor, Connecticut is one of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house is an ell adjacent to the main house, believed to have been built between 1640 and 1653 by Joseph Loomis who came to America from England in 1638.
The Whitfield House served primarily as the home for Henry Whitfield, Dorothy Shaeffe Whitfield, and their nine children. [5] The house also served as a place of worship before the first church was built in Guilford, as a meetinghouse for colonial town meetings, as a protective fort for the settlers in case of attack, and as a shelter for travelers between the New Haven and Saybrook colonies. [7]
The oldest building in Mississippi, this French colonial structure is one of the oldest buildings on the Gulf Coast of the United States. DuBois-Boatwright House Wilmington: NC 1760 Residential [91] General Rufus Putnam House: Rutland: MA 1760–1765 Residential Rufus Putnam was a Revolutionary War general and later instrumental in the founding ...
The Thomas Lyon House, at 1 Byram Road, was built ca. 1739 [2] and is considered to be the oldest unaltered structure in Greenwich, Connecticut. [3] The restoration of the house, a Colonial saltbox, is the primary project of the Greenwich Preservation Trust, a not-for-profit organization that grew out of the Thomas Lyon House Committee formed by the Byram Neighborhood Association. [4]
Boothe Memorial Park and Museum sits on a 32-acre (130,000 m 2) site in the Putney section of Stratford, Connecticut.Built about 1840 and remodeled in 1914, it is said to be "The Oldest Homestead in America," [2] since it sits on the foundations of a 1663 house, and has been continuously occupied.
The Joshua Hempsted House is a historic house museum at 11 Hempstead Street in New London, Connecticut.Built about 1678 and altered several times during the 18th century, it is one of the state's oldest surviving buildings, and provides a virtual catalog of early construction methods due to its state of preservation.
This article describes National Historic Landmarks in the United States state of Connecticut. These include the most highly recognized historic sites in Connecticut that are officially designated and/or funded and operated by the U.S. Federal Government. There are no UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites in Connecticut.