The Oldest Building in Each U.S. State


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Map by Malcolm Tunnell

The Reddit user Malxredleader put together this excellent map of the oldest building in each US state. Below is a table that outlines all their dates of construction. You can read the full discussion on reddit here.

List of Oldest Buildings in Each US State

U.S. State/Territory Building Year Built Century Built
Alabama Joel Eddins House 1808 19th
Alaska Kodiak History Museum 1810 19th
Arizona Ancestral Puebloan Dwellings c. 750 CE 8th
Arkansas Woodruff Print Shop 1824 19th
California Mission San Juan Capistrano 1776 18th
Colorado Ancestral Puebloan Dwellings c. 750 CE 8th
Connecticut Henry Whitfield House 1640 17th
Delaware Ryves Holt House 1665 17th
District of Columbia Old Stone House 1765 18th
Florida Castillo de San Marcos 1672 17th
Georgia Ocmulgee Earth Lodge 1015 11th
Hawaii Malae Heiau 1200 11th
Idaho Cataldo Mission 1853 19th
Illinois Old Cahokia Courthouse 1740 18th
Indiana Grouseland 1804 19th
Iowa Louis Arriandeaux Log House 1833 19th
Kansas El Quartelejo Ruins 1650 17th
Kentucky Historic Locust Grove 1790 18th
Louisiana Old Ursuline Convent 1748 18th
Maine William Whipple House 1660 17th
Maryland Old Trinity Church 1675 17th
Massachusetts Fairbanks House 1641 17th
Michigan Officer’s Stone Quarters 1780 18th
Minnesota Fort Snelling Round Tower 1820 19th
Mississippi LaPointe-Krebs House 1757 18th
Missouri Louis Bolduc House 1792 18th
Montana Old Fort Benton Blockhouse 1844 19th
Nebraska Log Cabin 1835 19th
Nevada Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort 1855 19th
New Hampshire Strawbery Banke 1600 17th
New Jersey Mortonson-Van Leer Log Cabin 1654 17th
New Mexico Ancestral Puebloan Dwellings c. 750 CE 8th
New York Gardiners Island Shed 1639 17th
North Carolina Lane House 1718 18th
North Dakota Kittson Trading Post 1843 19th
Ohio Rufus Putnam House 1788 18th
Oklahoma Fort Gibson Barracks 1840 19th
Oregon Molalla Log House 1799 18th
Pennsylvania Lower Swedish Cabin 1650 17th
Puerto Rico Cathedral of San Juan Bautista 1521 16th
Rhode Island White Horse Tavern 1673 17th
South Carolina Middleburg Plantation 1694 17th
South Dakota Fort Sisseton 1864 19th
Tennessee Christopher Taylor House 1778 18th
Texas Alamo Mission Long Barracks 1724 18th
Utah Ancestral Puebloan Dwellings c. 750 CE 8th
Vermont William Henry House 1769 18th
Virginia Jamestown Church 1647 17th
Washington Fort Nisqually Granary 1843 19th
West Virginia Rehoboth Church 1785 18th
Wisconsin Tank Cottage 1776 18th
Wyoming Fort Laramie ‘Old Bedlam’ Building 1849 19th
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