Building |
Location |
FirstBuilt |
Notes
|
TaosPueblo |
locatednorthofthemoderncityofTaos,NewMexico |
Builtbetween1000and1450AD |
Allegedlytheoldestcontinuouslyinhabitedhousesstilloccupied[1] |
AcomaPueblo |
locatedontopofa367-foot(112m)sandstonemesainCibolaCounty,NewMexico. |
Builtbetween1000and1200AD |
AllegedlytheoldestcontinuouslyinhabitedsiteintheU.S. |
Pueblo(Hisatsinomculture)ruins |
NewMexico,Arizona,Colorado,etc. |
upto1200s |
Settlementslong-abandoned,butsome,particularlycliff-dwellings,verywellpreserved |
LaFortaleza |
SanJuan,PuertoRico |
1533 |
OldestexecutivemansionintheNewWorld.Extensivereconstructionstookplace. |
PalaceoftheGovernors |
SantaFe,NewMexico |
1610 |
Oldestseatofcolonialgovernment(Spanish)[2] |
SanMiguelMission |
SantaFe,NewMexico |
1610 |
AllegedlytheoldestchurchstructurebuiltintheUSA.TheoriginaladobewallsandaltarwerebuiltbytheTlaxcalanIndians,butmuchofthestructurewasrebuiltin1710.[3] |
St.Luke’sChurch(Smithfield,Virginia) |
Smithfield,Virginia |
1632(or1682) |
AllegedlytheoldestchurchintheUnitedStatesinoneofthethirteenoriginalcolonies,NationalHistoricLandmark[4] |
FairbanksHouse |
Dedham,Massachusetts |
1637 |
OldesthouseintheUnitedStatesoftimber-framewithdateverifiedusingdendochronology.[5] |
JamestownChurch |
Jamestown,Virginia |
1639 |
OldestbuildinginJamestown,the1stBritishsettlement[6] |
HenryWhitfieldHouse |
Guilford,Connecticut |
1639 |
OldeststoneAmericanColonialhouse[7];oldesthouseinConnecticut |