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. Some dates are approximate and based on architectural studies and historical records, other dates are based on dendrochronology. All entries should include citation with reference to: architectural features; a report by an architectural historian; or dendrochronology.

See also: Oldest buildings in America

List
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Building Location First Built Notes
William Whipple House Kittery, Maine ca. 1660 oldest portion of home dates to circa 1660 and was occupied by Robert Cutt; it was later the birthplace of General William Whipple, Signer of the Declaration of Independence; located at 88 Whipple Road[1][2] Possibly the oldest house in Maine. As of 2019 date not yet confirmed with dendrochronology. Located at 88 Whipple Road.
Francis Hooke House Kittery Point, Maine ca. 1674 [3] [4][5]
William Pepperrell House Kittery, Maine 1682[6] One of the oldest houses in Maine[7]
Hunnewell House Scarborough, Maine 1684 The Hunnewell House is one of the oldest surviving structures in the United States state of Maine.[8]
Littlefield Tavern Wells, Maine 1690 [9]
Wells Homestead Wells, Maine 1696
McIntire Garrison House York, Maine 1707 [10]
Old York Gaol York, Maine c. 1720 One of the oldest surviving jails in America[11]
Bray House (Kittery Point, Maine) Kittery, Maine c. 1720 originally believed to be from mid-1600s, and claimed for many years to be the oldest house in Maine.
First Congregational Church and Parsonage (Kittery, Maine) Kittery, Maine c. 1730 Oldest church building in Maine
Ramsdell House York, Maine c. 1747 One of the oldest houses in Maine dated using tree ring dendrochronology.[12] Located on Lindsay Road.
Tate House (Portland, Maine) Portland, Maine c. 1755 House museum and one of the oldest houses in Portland
Burnham Tavern Machias, Maine 1770 Possibly the oldest building east of the Penobscot River in Maine.[13]
Portland Head Light Portland, Maine c. 1790 Oldest lighthouse in Maine

See also

Notes
  1. "Restoring the house of legendary William Whipple" by D. Allan Kerr news@seacoastonline.com, Oct 9, 2017
  2. Old Kittery and Her Families, by Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, (Lewiston, ME: 1903) pg. 81 - Old Kittery and Her Families, by Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, (Lewiston, ME: 1903) pg. 81
  3. https://firstperiodnewengland.wordpress.com/houses/
  4. John Mead Howells, The Architectural Heritage of the Piscataqua: Houses and ... (1937), p. 207 https://books.google.com
  5. John E. Frost (John Eldridge), Colonial Village, (1948), pg. 69 archive.org
  6. https://firstperiodnewengland.wordpress.com/houses/
  7. "NRHP nomination for William Pepperrell House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  8. [{National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010 {National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010] Check |url= value (help). Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "NRHP nomination for Littlefield Tavern". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  10. "NHL nomination for McIntire Garrison House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  11. "NHL nomination for Old York Gaol". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  12. http://www.dendrochronology.net/me.asp
  13. Dabney W. Caldwell, Roadside Geology of Maine (1998) pg. 92 https://books.google.com
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