This article lists the oldest buildings in the United States and its territories. The list includes sites in current states and territories which were not part of the original
Thirteen Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the United Colonies, were a group of Kingdom of Great Britain, British Colony, colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. Fo ...
when the United States of America was founded in 1776.
Pre-Columbian era
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
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List of the oldest buildings in Alabama
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Alabama in the United States. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. The area that is now Alabama was origi ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Alaska
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List of the oldest buildings in Arizona
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Arizona, including extant buildings and structures constructed during Spanish, Mexican, and early American rule over Arizona. Only buildings built prior to 1850 are suitable for inclusion on this ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Arkansas
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Arkansas, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Arkansas. Only buildings built prior to 1840 are suitable for inclusion on this list, ...
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List of the oldest buildings in California
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in California, including extant buildings and structures constructed during Spanish California, Spanish, Mexican California, Mexican, and Conquest of California, early American rule over California. On ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut
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. Buildi ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Colorado
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Colorado, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Colorado. Only buildings built prior to 1880 are suitable for inclusion on this list, ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Delaware
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Delaware in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Delaware and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon den ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Florida
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Florida in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Florida and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendo ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Georgia
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Georgia in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Georgia and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dend ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Hawaii
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Hawaii, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Hawaii. Only buildings built prior to 1880 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or t ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Idaho
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Idaho in the United States of America, including the oldest houses and any surviving structures. Some dates may be approximate and based upon dendochronology, arch ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Illinois
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Illinois, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Illinois. Only buildings built prior to 1830 are suitable for inclusion on this list, ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Indiana
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Indiana, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Indiana. Only buildings built prior to 1820 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Iowa
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Iowa, including extant buildings and structures constructed during pre-statehood period of Iowa history. Only buildings built prior to 1860 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building m ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Kansas
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Kansas, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Kansas. Only buildings built prior to 1860 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or t ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Kentucky
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Kentucky, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Kentucky. Only buildings built prior to 1840 are suitable for inclusion on this list, ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Louisiana
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Louisiana, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Louisiana. Only buildings built prior to 1800 are suitable for inclusion on this list ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Maine
This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of Maine in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Maine and any other surviving structures from the First Period or oldest buildings of their type in Maine. S ...
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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 dendrochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts
This article lists the oldest buildings in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Massachusetts and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate (indicated with a "") and b ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Michigan
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Michigan in the United States. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records.
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List of the oldest buildings in Minnesota
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Minnesota, including extant buildings and structures constructed before and duringAmerican rule over Minnesota. Only buildings built before 1860 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the buil ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Mississippi
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Mississippi (U.S. state), Mississippi in the United States. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. The are ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Missouri
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Missouri, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Missouri. Only buildings built prior to 1800 are suitable for inclusion on this list, ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Nevada
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Nevada, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Nevada. Only buildings built prior to 1870 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or t ...
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List of the oldest buildings in New Hampshire
This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of New Hampshire in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in New Hampshire and any other surviving structures from the First Period. Some dates are approximate an ...
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List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of New Jersey in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in New Jersey and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upo ...
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List of the oldest buildings in New Mexico
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in New Mexico, including extant buildings and structures constructed during Spanish California, Spanish, Mexican California, Mexican, and Conquest of California, early American rule over New Mexico. On ...
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List of the oldest buildings in New York
This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of New York, including the oldest houses and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based on architectural studies and historical records; other dates are bas ...
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List of the oldest buildings in North Carolina
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of North Carolina in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in North Carolina and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and ba ...
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List of the oldest buildings in North Dakota
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in South Dakota, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over South Dakota. Only buildings built prior to 1880 are suitable for inclusion on th ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Oklahoma
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Oklahoma, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Oklahoma. Only buildings built prior to 1870 are suitable for inclusion on this list, ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Ohio
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List of the oldest buildings in Oregon
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Oregon, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Oregon. Only buildings built prior to 1860 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or t ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Pennsylvania
This article lists the oldest buildings in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States, including the oldest houses in the state and certain other extant structures. Some dates are approximate, based upon dendrochronology, architectural stud ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Puerto Rico
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Puerto Rico, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Puerto Rico since Puerto Rico was annexed in 1898. Only buildings built prior to ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Rhode Island
This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of Rhode Island in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Rhode Island and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based on architectura ...
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List of the oldest buildings in South Carolina
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List of the oldest buildings in South Dakota
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in South Dakota, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over South Dakota. Only buildings built prior to 1870 are suitable for inclusion on thi ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Tennessee
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Tennessee, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Tennessee. Only buildings built prior to 1800 are suitable for inclusion on this list ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Texas
This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of Texas in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Texas and any other surviving structures, including those constructed during the Spanish colonization, before ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Utah
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Utah, including extant buildings and structures constructed before and during American rule over Utah. Only buildings built prior to 1870 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building mu ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Vermont
This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of Vermont in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Vermont and any other surviving structures from the eighteenth century period or the oldest of its type. So ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Virginia
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Virginia.
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* List of the oldest buildings in the United States
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List of the oldest buildings in Washington (state)
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Washington (state), including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Washington (state), Washington. Only buildings built prior to 1860 are suita ...
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List of the oldest buildings in West Virginia
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in West Virginia, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over West Virginia. Only buildings built prior to 1800 are suitable for inclusion on t ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Wisconsin
This article attempts to list the oldest extant, freestanding buildings in the state of Wisconsin. Some dates are approximate and based on architectural studies and historical records; other dates are based on dendrochronology. All entries should ...
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List of the oldest buildings in Wyoming
This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Wyoming, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Wyoming. Only buildings built prior to 1880 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or ...
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List of the oldest buildings in the world
This article lists the oldest known surviving free-standing buildings constructed in the world, including on each of the continents and within each country. A building is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or shelt ...
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List of burial mounds in the United States
This is a list of notable burial mounds in the United States built by Native Americans. Burial mounds were built by many different cultural groups over a span of many thousands of years, beginning in the Late Archaic period and continuing through ...
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List of the oldest churches in the United States
The designation of the oldest church in the United States requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving ''building'', and the oldest in the sense of oldest Christian church ...
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List of the oldest synagogues in the United States
Synagogues may be considered "oldest" based on different criteria such as oldest surviving building or oldest congregation. Some older synagogue buildings have been in continuous use as synagogues, while others have been converted to other purp ...
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List of oldest buildings in the Americas
This article lists the oldest known surviving buildings constructed in the Americas, including on each of the regions and within each country.
"Building" is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or sheltering any use ...
References
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External links
International Architecture database
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