List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut

This article lists the oldest extant buildings in the state of Connecticut in the United States of America, including houses and any other surviving structures. The dates of construction are approximate and based on land tax and probate records, architectural studies, genealogy and dendrochronology. All entries should include a citation with reference to support the date of construction. Buildings on the list should be limited to the First Period of American architecture. If the exact year of construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates. The location shown is the original township where the building was constructed.

Building	Image	Township	Built	Notes
Henry Whitfield House		Guilford	1640	Oldest surviving stone American Colonial house in New England, museum since 1899.[1]
Feake-Ferris House		Greenwich	1645	The age of the structure was verified by Columbia University dendrochronologists at the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory[2] conducting "[a] 2015 dendrochronology analysis of the house [which] dated the west side of the existing house--the Feake House--to 1645; the north "lean-to" addition to the Feake house made by Jeffrey Ferris to 1660; and the east side and expansion of the "lean-to" - the James Ferris expansion - to 1689."[3][4]
John Hollister House		Glastonbury	1649-1675	Has hewn overhang with supporting corbels.
Thomas Lee House		East Lyme	1660–1664	Began as a one-room house, oldest wooden saltbox still in its primitive state, museum since 1897.[5]
Deacon John Moore House		Windsor	1664	Moore was also a woodworker known for using the foliated vine design, which depicts vines and blossoms carved in shallow relief with flat surfaces.
Dr. Philip Turner House		Norwich	1670	Believed to have been originally built in 1670, the house was later occupied by American Revolutionary surgeon Philip Turner.
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.[6]
Thomas Wheeler House		Bridgeport	1680-1720[7]	Was once part of Fairfield and is an area with deep colonial maritime history.
Deacon John Graves House		Guilford	1681	Saltbox saved from demolition and fully restored in 1983 by a private foundation, now a museum in Madison.[8]
Ephraim Hawley House		Stratford	1683-1690	​1 1⁄2-story Cape Cod cottage saltbox, hand-riven oak clapboard in situ in lean-to attic.
Acadian House		Guilford	1690	Saltbox named after the Acadians who lived there following 1755 deportation from Canada.[9]
John Randall House		Stonington	1690	Notable for its restoration in the 1930s by early preservationist Norman Isham.
Meigs-Bishop House		Guilford	1690	English tea room in Madison.[10]
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.[11] Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a construction date of 1695.[12]
General David Humphreys House		Ansonia	1695–1698	Home of the first U.S. Ambassador, now a museum.
Avery Homestead		Ledyard	1696	Begun as a single-story, one-room house and later expanded to a two-story, two-room house by 1726.
Hoyt-Barnum House		Stamford	1699	Early Cape Cod Cottage, Stamford Historical Society museum.[13]
Eells-Stow House		Milford	1700–1720	Served as a hospital during Revolutionary War, now a museum.[14]
Pond-Weed House		Darien	1700	Saltbox residence.
Samuel Huntington Birthplace		Scotland	1700–1722	Saltbox home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut, now a museum.[15]
Stanton-Davis Homestead Museum		Stonington	1700[16]	A working farm for the last 340 years.
Stanley-Whitman House		Farmington	1709–1720	Saltbox with framed overhang style with carved pendants, now a museum.[17]
John Tyler House		Branford	1710	Private residence listed on the NRHP.
Buttolph-Williams House		Wethersfield	1711	Connecticut Landmark museum.[18]
Black Horse Tavern (Old Saybrook, Connecticut)		Old Saybrook	1712	Private residence listed on the NRHP.[19][20] NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Enos Kellogg House</ref>
Hyland House		Guilford	1713	Saltbox with framed overhang and flat plaster ceilings, now a museum.[21] Dendrochronology in 2014 confirmed a 1713 construction date.[22]
Captain David Judson House		Stratford	1723[23]	Georgian architecture with stone foundation and chimney of original stone house built in 1639.
Jonathan Whaples House		Newington	1723	Built by John Whaples For Jonathan Whaples in 1723 this home is one of the oldest in Newington.[24]
Swain-Harrison House		Branford	1724	Saltbox with overhang serves as the Branford Historical Society museum.[25]
Nehemiah Royce House		Wallingford	1734	Saltbox, General George Washington slept here in 1775, once a residence for Choate Rosemary Hall.[26]
Thomas Lyon House		Greenwich	1739[27]	Oldest unaltered saltbox house in Greenwich.