List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut facts for kids

This article lists the oldest buildings in the state of Connecticut in the United States of America with Wikipedia articles. The dates of construction are based on land tax and probate records, architectural studies, genealogy, and dendrochronology. Buildings on the list should be limited to the First Period of American architecture (before 1725). If the exact year of construction is estimated, or the building was built in phases, the date will be listed as a range.

Building	Image	Township	Built	Notes
Henry Whitfield House		Guilford	1639	Oldest surviving stone American Colonial house in New England, museum since 1899.
Feake-Ferris House		Greenwich	1645-1689	Private home. Core dates to circa 1645-1689 according to Greenwich Point Conservancy. Dendro survey not publicly released.
Thomas Lee House		East Lyme	1660	Began as a one-room house, museum since 1897.
Deacon John Moore House		Windsor	1664	Crossing 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 House		Guilford	1670	Saltbox named after the Acadians who lived there following 1755 deportation from Canada. NRHP.
Dr. Philip Turner House		Norwich	1670	Believed to have been built in 1670, the house was occupied by American Revolutionary War surgeon Philip Turner.
Nehemiah Royce House		Wallingford	1672	Saltbox, General George Washington slept here in 1775, once a residence for Choate Rosemary Hall.
John Hollister House		Glastonbury	1675	Has hewn overhang with supporting corbels.
Leffingwell Inn		Norwich	1675	Important meeting place during the American Revolutionary War.
John Moore House		Windsor	c. 1675	located at 390 Broad Street, dates to circa 1675
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.
Thomas Wheeler House		Bridgeport	1680-1720	Was once part of Fairfield and is an area with deep colonial maritime history. May date to as early as 1644. 22" wide summer beams.
Deacon John Graves House		Madison	1681	Saltbox saved from demolition and fully restored in 1983 by a private foundation, now a museum in Madison.
Ephraim Hawley House		Stratford	1683-1690	Private 1+1⁄2-story Cape Cod cottage saltbox, hand-riven oak clapboard in situ in lean-to attic.
John Randall House		Stonington	1685-1720	Notable for its restoration in the 1930s by early preservationist Norman Isham. NRHP.
Samuel Harris House		Middletown	1686	Leanto added ca. 1710
Loomis Homestead		Windsor	1688	Part of Loomis Chaffee School, main house dates to 1688, with attached ell dating to some point between 1640 and 1688.
Elisha Pitkin House		Guilford	1690	Moved from East Hartford in 1955, interior retains many original 18th-century features.
Jonathan Murray House		Madison	1690	Distinctive roof, listed NRHP.
Meigs-Bishop House		Guilford	1690	English tea room in Madison.
Bradford-Huntington House		Norwich	1691	Gambrel home of American Revolutionary War officer Jabez Huntington. Claimed Huntington hosted George Washington here.
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. Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a construction date of 1695.
Avery Homestead		Ledyard	1696	Begun as a single-story, one-room house and later expanded to a two-story, two-room house by 1726.
General David Humphreys House		Ansonia	1698	Home of the first U.S. Ambassador, now a museum.
Hoyt-Barnum House		Stamford	1699	Early Cape Cod Cottage, Stamford Historical Society museum.
Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum		Stonington	1700	A working farm for the last 350 years. NRHP.
Eells-Stow House		Milford	1700–1720	Served as a hospital during Revolutionary War, now a museum.
Pond-Weed House		Darien	1700	Saltbox residence.
Shelley House		Madison	1700	Dated to before 1700 by J. Frederick Kelly. Chamfered summer and girts with lambs-tongue stops
Pratt House		Essex	1701	Ell dating to 1701, according to museum site. Main block dates to 1732. NRHP. Historic house museum, owned for 2+1⁄2 centuries by a single family.
Abraham Coult House		Glastonbury	1706	Saved from demolition and moved in 1972. Listed on NHRP in 2000.
Clark Homestead		Lebanon	1708	Lebanon's oldest building. Listed NRHP.
John Glover House		Newtown	1708	Listed NRHP in 2001.
Pelatiah Leete House		Guilford	1710	Oldest surviving house belonging to Leete family. NRHP.
Raymond-Bradford Homestead		Montville	1710	Constructed by a woman, Mercy Sands Raymond, in the colonial period. Listed NRHP.
Strong House		Coventry	1710	Historic house museum listed on the NRHP.
John Tyler House		Branford	1710	Private residence listed on the NRHP.
Buttolph-Williams House		Wethersfield	1711	Connecticut Landmark museum.
Black Horse Tavern (Old Saybrook, Connecticut)		Old Saybrook	1712	Private residence listed on the NRHP.
Hyland House		Guilford	1713	Saltbox with framed overhang and flat plaster ceilings, now a museum. Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a 1713 construction date.
Keeler Tavern		Ridgefield	1713	Fired upon during the Battle of Ridgefield in 1777. NRHP.
Pequotsepos Manor		Mystic	1717	House Museum with paired summer beams. Last house restored by architect J. Frederick Kelly
Stanley-Whitman House		Farmington	1720	Saltbox with framed overhang style with carved pendants, now a museum.
Kimberly Mansion		Glastonbury	1720	Home of political activists involved in causes including abolitionism and women's suffrage. NRHP.
Samuel Huntington Birthplace		Scotland	1723	Saltbox home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut, now a museum.
Jared Eliot House		Guilford	1723	A well-preserved example of period residential architecture. NRHP.
Harrison House		Branford	1724	Saltbox with overhang serves as the Branford Historical Society museum.