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 based on dendrochronology. All entries should include citation with reference to: architectural features indicative of the date of construction; a report by an architectural historian; or dendrochronology.
Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture. If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates.
List
| Building | Image | Location | First Built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyckoff House | East Flatbush, Brooklyn | <1641 | Oldest surviving structure in Brooklyn, New York City, and New York. | |
| Water Mill | Water Mill | 1644 | Oldest water Mill in the United States, oldest water Mill in New York and on Long Island. Also, the oldest surviving structure on colloquial Long Island. | |
| Riker–Lent–Smith Homestead | East Elmhurst, Queens | 1656 | Oldest surviving structure in Queens, and oldest remaining private residence in New York. | |
| Peter Crippen House | Huntington | c. 1658 | Oldest home on Long Island. Presently in a state of disrepair, with activists fighting to save it. | |
| Zachariah Hawkins House | Stony Brook | c. 1660 | ||
| Bowne House | Flushing, Queens | c. 1661 | Once hosted a well-known Quaker meeting. | |
| Billiou–Stillwell–Perine House | Dongan Hills, Staten Island | c. 1662 | Oldest surviving structure in Staten Island | |
| Klinkenberg(h) Bouwerij | Coxsackie | 1663 c. | One of oldest surviving Dutch homes north of greater New York City area. On the western shore of Hudson River. Klinkenberg(h) was translated by Pelletrau in Beer's History of Greene County from Old Dutch as "Echo Hill". On August 25, 1670, Jurian Teunisse Tappen sold his one third of the Rensselaerswyck patroonship to Abraham Staats and Johannes Provoost. The deed in the 1670 sale to Staats and Provoost, later known as The Loonenburg patent, mentions a barn, indicating a preceding settlement. Notable owners: On September 6, 1694, reports the sale of Klinkenberg was sold to Jacob Casperson Hallenbeck; it became “the original seat of the family of Hallenbecks” for several generations. During the Revolutionary War, Klinkenberg was inhabited by the Provoost family, who were “noted tories.” In Klinkenberg was referenced as “George Houghtaling's house ref: Pelletreau's chapter “Coxsackie” in "Beers History of Greene County", p 4, 1884. Since 1962, property of family of Harold Oaklander and Isabelle Rapin. | |
| Bronck House | Coxsackie | 1663 | ||
| Brewster House | East Setauket | 1665 | ||
| Cock-Cornelius House | Locust Valley | 1668 | ||
| Robert Coles Homestead | Glen Cove | 1668 | In May 1668, Joseph Carpenter of Rhode Island negotiated with the Matinecock Indians to purchase several hundred acres of land on which to build a saw mill and grist mill in what was then Musketa Cove. Robert Coles was one of the "Five Proprietors of the Musketa Cove Patent" and was the first to build his homestead at what is now 34 The Place. He and his wife, Mercy Wright of Oyster Bay, had 9 children and lived in the eastern-most wing of the existing property which still stands today. | |
| Cubberly-Britton Cottage | Richmondtown, Staten Island | 1670 | ||
| Timothy Knapp House | Rye | 1670 | Listed on National Register of Historic Places | |
| Abraham Manee House | Prince's Bay, Staten Island | 1670 | ||
| Jans Martense Schenck house | Brooklyn | 1675 | Originally in Flatlands; installed within the Brooklyn Museum 1964 | |
| Hewlett-Munson-Williams House | Flower Hill | 1675 | Presently in the Elderfields Preserve. | |
| Old Senate House | Kingston | 1676 | New York State Constitution written and signed here | |
| Joshua Wells House | Cutchogue | c. 1680 | Home moved twice since its c. 1680 construction and 1815 remodeling. | |
| Conference House | Tottenville, Staten Island | 1680 | Listed as a National Historic Landmark | |
| Mulford Farmhouse | East Hampton | 1680 | Presently ran as a museum. | |
| Van Nostrand-Starkins House | Roslyn | 1680 | Main Street Historic District (Roslyn, New York) | |
| Chichester's Inn | West Hills | 1680 | Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Also known as the 'Peace and Plenty Inn'. | |
| Bevier House Museum | Marbletown | 1680 | Currently houses the Ulster County Historical Society | |
| Philipse Manor Hall | Yonkers | 1682 | Oldest surviving structure in Westchester County. | |
| Old Halsey House | Southampton | 1688 | 1688 According to dendrochronology survey by Oxford, 1683 build date according to the local historical society in Southampton http://www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org/ | |
| Bedell Family Farm House | Bellmore | 1689 | Farmhouse built by early settler Robert Bedell for his son John and his wife Sarah Southard. Originally located on Merrick Boulevard. | |
| Alice Austen House | Rosebank, Staten Island | 1690 | Built by a Dutch merchant then remodeled in the Gothic Revival Style in 1844 | |
| Cornell-Van Nostrand House | Manhasset Hills | 1690 | Also known as the Schumacher House | |
| Nathaniel Longbotham House | Stony Brook | <1690 | The original date of the homes construction is unknown, but believed to be before 1690. | |
| Jeremiah Conklin House | Amagansett | 1690 [citation needed] | Built by Jeremiah Conkling and his wife Mary, daughter of Lion Gardiner, first English settler of New York colony [citation needed] | |
| Joseph Whitman House | West Hills | 1692 | ||
| Haviland-Davison Grist Mill | East Rockaway | 1693 | Presently runs as the East Rockaway Grist Mill Museum. | |
| Philipsburg Manor House | Sleepy Hollow | 1693 | Part of the early estate Philipsburg Manor | |
| Terry-Ketcham Inn | Center Moriches | c. 1693 | Expanded in 1710 and later 1790. | |
| Old Quaker Meeting House | Flushing, Queens | 1694 | Oldest religious building in New York City still standing | |
| Thomas Strong House | Wainscott | 1695 | Continually lived in by the same family for eight generations since construction. | |
| Joachim Staats House | Staats Island, Rensselaer County | 1696 | Called Hoogebergh, meaning "high hill", the house has remained the family homestead since it was erected by Joachim Staats in 1696. William Staats, a 9th generation Hoogebergh inhabitant, details the history of the house and chronicles the family anecdotes of the 20th century in his book, Three Centuries on the Hudson River. | |
| Sagtikos Manor | West Bay Shore | c. 1697 | Believed to have been resided in by George Washington. | |
| Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow | Sleepy Hollow | 1697 | Possibly the oldest surviving church in the state. May date to 1685. | |
| Old House | Cutchogue | 1699 | Dated by dendrochronology | |
| De Wint House | Tappan | 1700 | Washington Revolutionary headquarters; one of the oldest surviving buildings in Rockland County | |
| Ezra Carll Homestead | South Huntington | 1700 | ||
| Jarvis-Fleet House | Huntington | 1700 | ||
| Lispenard–Rodman–Davenport House | New Rochelle | 1700 | ||
| Tobias van Steenburgh House | Kingston | 1700 c. | One of the few buildings in Kingston not burned in 1777 by British troops (though most of the burned stone houses were repaired and remain). | |
| Ezra Carll Homestead | South Huntington | c. 1700 | ||
| Treasure House | Richmondtown, Staten Island | 1700 | ||
| John Wood House | Huntington Station | 1704 | Built by a Dutch merchant then remodeled in the Gothic Revival Style in 1844 | |
| Mabee House | Rotterdam | 1705 | The oldest house in the Mohawk Valley | |
| Jan Van Loon House | Athens | 1706 | One of the oldest houses in Greene County | |
| Crailo | Rensselaer | 1707 | Residence of Hendrick van Rensselaer | |
| Obadiah Smith House | Kings Park | 1708 | House museum ran by the Smithtown Historical Society | |
| Thompson House | Setauket | 1709 | One of Long Island's oldest Saltbox homes | |
| Madam Brett Homestead | Beacon | 1709 | Oldest building in Dutchess County, first house on Rombout Patent, on National Register | |
| Gomez Mill House | Marlboro | 1712 | Oldest known extant residence of a Jewish American | |
| Lewis Pintard House | New Rochelle | 1710 | Home of Revolutionary War patriot Lewis Pintard | |
| East Farm | Head of The Harbor | 1710 | First buildings on the property constructed in 1689, with the main home in 1710. | |
| Roslyn Grist Mill | Roslyn | c. 1715–1741 | One of the few Dutch colonial commercial frame buildings left in the US. | |
| Terry-Mulford House | Orient | 1716 | Later wings built in 1800 and early 1900s. | |
| Brinckerhoff House | Fishkill | 1717 | Originally two-room stone cottage used as a trading post and later rebuilt as a mansion & now converted to an Inn. | |
| Fraunces Tavern | Lower Manhattan | 1719 | Etienne "Stephen" DeLancey built the current building as his house; tavern since 1762 | |
| Pieter Winne House | Selkirk | 1720 | Purportedly the oldest house in the Town of Bethlehem [citation needed] | |
| Ariaanje Coeymans House | Coeymans | 1720 | There is another Coeymans house a mile south of this one, on the Hannacroix Creek. Date unknown. | |
| Hendrick I. Lott House | Marine Park, Brooklyn | 1720 | ||
| Mudge Farmhouse | Roslyn Harbor | 1720 | Original Dutch home that was moved in 1920. | |
| Jan Van Hoesen House | Claverack | c. 1720 | ||
| Earle-Wightman House | Oyster Bay | c. 1720 | ||
| Town Doctors' House and Site | Southold | c. 1720 | On-site is the Bilberry Swamp, in which the earliest Euro-American occupation occurred. | |
| John Oakley House | West Hills | c. 1720 | The original structure was built about 1720 and expanded in the 1780s. | |
| Josiah Woodhull House | East Shoreham / Wading River | c. 1720 | Built by the founder of Brookhaven, and the oldest home in its area. | |
| Bull Stone House | Hamptonburgh | 1720s | Property also contains the oldest intact Dutch barn in the state | |
| Thomas Dodge Homestead | Port Washington | 1721 | The original farmhouse was built in 1721 with additions completed in 1750 and 1903 | |
| Kreuzer-Pelton House | West New Brighton, Staten Island | 1722 | ||
| Albertus Van Loon House | Athens | 1724 | Possibly the second-oldest house in Greene County | |
| Heermance Farmhouse | Red Hook | 1725 | Oldest house in the Town of Red Hook. Retains much original detail in the interior. Original woodwork including panelling, tiger maple bannister and granary door. | |
| Amelia Cottage | Amangasset | 1725 | Built for Catherine Schellinger and was moved in 1794. | |
| Matinecock Friends Meetinghouse | Matinecock | 1725 | Former Quaker Meeting House | |
| William Sidney Mount House | Stony Brook | 1725 | Largely expanded in 1810 and presently owned by the Long Island Museum | |
| Abraham Yates House | Schenectady | c. 1725 | Possibly the oldest house in Schenectady | |
| French Castle at Fort Niagara | Porter | 1726 | Oldest building on the Great Lakes, oldest building in Western New York. | |
| 48 Hudson Avenue | Albany | 1728 | Oldest stand-alone structure in Albany | |
| Caroline Church | Setauket | 1729 | Parish house built 1905, Cemetery beginning in 1734, and barn built 1893 all exist along with the Caroline Church. | |
| Benner House | Rhinebeck | 1730 | Oldest house in the village; a rare example of German vernacular architecture, and the sole remaining house in Dutchess County with a one-room floorplan built to German traditions rather than Dutch. Here was held the first Methodist church services in the town conducted by the Rev. Freeborn Garrettson from 1791 to 1793. | |
| Peter Houseman House | Westerleigh, Staten Island. | 1730 | One section of the house built in 1730, the other c. 1760. | |
| King Mansion | Jamaica, Queens | 1730 | The rear section of the house dates to 1730, the left section to 1755, the main structure (right section) to 1806. | |
| Sherwood-Jayne House | East Setauket | 1730 | House was altered multiple times from its first construction up until 1940. | |
| Silas Sammis House | Huntington | c. 1730 | Out of the two wings on the house, the east is the original. | |
| Suydam House | Centerport | c. 1730 | ||
| Scott-Edwards House | West New Brighton, Staten Island | c. 1730 | Extensively remodeled in the 1840s to be Greek Revival style. | |
| Brookville Reformed Church | Brookville | 1732 | One of the oldest running church congregations in the US, and the oldest church on Long Island | |
| John Rogers House | Dix Hills | 1732 | ||
| Queen Anne Parsonage [citation needed] | Fort Hunter | 1734 | ||
| Cornelius Van Wyck House | Douglaston, Queens | 1735 | ||
| Sands-Willets Homestead | Flower Hill | c. 1735 | Presently ran by the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society | |
| Nicoll-Sill House – Bethlehem House [citation needed] | Selkirk | c. 1735 | Home of Rensselaer Nicoll and Elizabeth Salisbury Nicoll | |
| St. James Church | Elmhurst, Queens | 1736 | ||
| Sylvester Manor | Shelter Island | c. 1737 | Property has existed since around 1652. But the Manor home was constructed in 1737. | |
| Raynham Hal | Oyster Bay | 1738 | Built for Townsend family, whom were part of the George Washington's Culper Ring of spies. | |
| Jacob Smith House | West Hills | c. 1740 | The home consists of a three-bay, 1+1⁄2-story saltbox built about 1740 and a five-bay, 1+1⁄2-story dwelling with a shed roof wing added about 1830. | |
| Lake-Tysen House | Oakwood, Staten Island | 1740 | ||
| James Havens Homestead | Shelter Island | 1743 | Shelter Island Historical Society runs it as a museum | |
| Joost Van Nuyse House | Flatlands, Brooklyn. | 1744 | Expanded in 1793. | |
| Kasparus Westervelt House | Poughkeepsie | 1745 | ||
| Beachbend | Nissequogue | 1747 | Large alterations completed in 1924. | |
| Stoothoff–Baxter–Kouwenhaven House | Flatlands, Brooklyn | 1747 | ||
| Jagger House | Westhampton | c. 1748 | ||
| Van Cortlandt House | Van Cortlandt Park | 1748 | Oldest house in the Bronx | |
| Creedmoor (Cornell) Farmhouse | Glen Oaks, Queens | 1750 | ||
| David Conklin House | Huntington | c. 1750 | ||
| Joseph Buffett House | Cold Spring Harbor | c. 1750 | One of the oldest intact residences in Cold Spring Harbor | |
| Ireland-Gardiner Farm | Greenlawn | c. 1750 | ||
| Foster-Meeker House | Westhampton Beach | c. 1750 | While almost demolished in 2008, it has recently been saved and preserved. | |
| Isaac Losee House | Huntington | c. 1750 | One of the oldest private residences on Long Island | |
| Samuel Landon House | Southold | c. 1750 | In 1760, an estimated 5 slaves resided here. | |
| Wilson House | Oyster Bay | c. 1750 | Saltbox home built for Harry Wilson. | |
| Davis Town Meeting House | Coram | c. 1750 | In the 1800s, the building was used as a town hall for Brookhaven. | |
| Carll House | Dix Hills | c. 1750 | ||
| Henry Smith Farmstead | Huntington Station | 1750 | Built about 1750 and remodelled in the 1860s | |
| Benjamin King Woodhull House | Wading River | 1750 | Greek revival residence and later extended. | |
| Steenburgh Tavern | Rhinebeck | 1750 | German vernacular stone house built into a hillside with an unusual sweeping Dutch roof | |
| Stony Brook Grist Mill | Stony Brook | 1751 | Mill dates back to 1699, though the present day structure was constructed in 1751. | |
| William Arthur House | Smithtown | 1752 | NY-25A and Redwood Lane [1] 40°51′18.6″N 73°11′57.3″W / 40.855167°N 73.199250°W | |
| Stone Jug | Clermont | 1752 | Contributing property to the Hudson River Historic District | |
| The Old 76 House | Tappan | 1754 | Oldest surviving building in Rockland County; third oldest public house in America; Maj. John Andre held before trial and hanging in Tappan | |
| Christopher House | Richmondtown, Staten Island | 1756 | ||
| Valentine–Varian House | Norwood, Bronx | 1758 | Second oldest house in the Bronx | |
| Palatine German Wohleben House | Herkimer | 1760 | ||
| Bryant Skidmore House | Northport | 1761 | Located near Great Cow Harbor and Red Hook. | |
| Strawberry Hill | Rhinebeck | 1762 | The National Register of Historic Places called this the most monumental stone farmhouse in Northern Dutchess County. Built by Henry Beekman in 1762. | |
| St. Paul's Chapel | Lower Manhattan | 1764 | Third oldest surviving church in New York City, after the Flushing Friends Meeting House (1694) and St. Andrew's Church, Staten Island (1709). | |
| Morris–Jumel Mansion | Upper Manhattan | 1765 | ||
| B. Ketchum House | Huntington | 1765 | Shingle home still a private residence. Interestingly, no alterations have been made since. | |
| St. John's Episcopal Church | Oakdale | 1765 | Enlarged in 1843, and restored in 1962. | |
| Hallock Homestead | Northville | 1765 | Museum part of the Hallock State Park Preserve | |
| Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead | Flatlands, Brooklyn | 1766 | ||
| St. Paul's Chapel | Lower Manhattan | 1766 | Oldest surviving church building in Manhattan | |
| Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn | Rhinebeck | 1766 | Oldest surviving inn in America and oldest structure in the village. | |
| Joseph Lloyd House | Lloyd Harbor | 1766-1767 | Presently ran by Preservation Long Island. | |
| Rock Hall | Lawrence | 1767 | ||
| Indian Castle Church | Danube | 1769 | Only colonial Indian missionary church surviving in the state, and the only Iroquois building surviving from its time | |
| Old Burr Farm | Comac | 1769 | Earliest Surviving House (C. 1769) Associated With The Burr Family, One of Comac's Leading Families From the 18th Thru 20th Centuries. | |
| Voorlezer's House | Richmondtown, Staten Island | 1769 c. | Long held to be the oldest schoolhouse in America, although the original schoolhouse built on the property does not survive. Traditionally dated to 1695/6. | |
| Boehm-Frost House | Richmondtown, Staten Island | 1770 | ||
| Tysen-Neville House | New Brighton, Staten Island | 1700 | Built in red, quarried sandstone in 1770. | |
| Michael Remp House | Greenlawn | c. 1770 | Also referred to as "Dumpling Hill / Dumplin Hill" | |
| Samuel Hopkins House | Miller Place | c. 1770 | ||
| Fulton County Courthouse | Johnstown | 1772 | Oldest courthouse in the United States that remains in use | |
| Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House | Cortlandt Manor | 1773 | Potentially built before 1773. Significantly remodeled 1830. | |
| Kingsland Homestead | Flushing, Queens | 1774 | ||
| William Floyd House | Mastic Beach | 1774 | Only surviving home in New York to be once owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independence | |
| Lefferts Homestead | Prospect Park, Brooklyn | 1777 | Moved to Prospect Park from its original location at 563 Flatbush Avenue | |
| Baylis Homestead | Floral Park | 1779 | Oldest House in Floral Park | |
| Fort Golgotha | Huntington | 1782 | Revolutionary-era fort and cemetery, one of the few remaining in the area. | |
| Dyckman House | Inwood, Manhattan | 1784 | Only remaining original farmhouse in Manhattan | |
| Old First Church | Huntington | 1784 | Church grounds existed since 1665. Present church replaced a 1782 church that was destroyed. | |
| Edward Mooney House | Lower Manhattan | 1785 | Oldest surviving row house in Manhattan | |
| Ellis Squires Jr. House | Hampton Bays | 1785 | Oldest surviving row house in Hampton Bays | |
| James Benjamin Homestead | Flanders | 1785 | One of the oldest homes in Flanders. | |
| Jericho Friends Meeting House | Jericho | 1788 | Quaker meeting house | |
| Commack Methodist Church and Cemetery | Commack | 1789 | Oldest Methodist church with continuous use in New York State | |
| Smith Estate (Ridge, New York) | Ridge | 1790 | Built atop the former Manor St. George property | |
| George Underhill House | Locust Valley | 1790 | Also known as "Wayside" | |
| Homan-Gerard House and Mills | Yaphank | c. 1790 | ||
| Stone-Tolan House | Brighton | c. 1792 | A Federal-style structure said to be the oldest surviving building in Monroe County | |
| Friends' Schoolhouse | Jericho | 1793 | Part of Friends Meetinghouse Complex | |
| Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill | Lloyd Harbor | 1793 | Boat tours occasionally given on the grounds. | |
| James Watson House | Manhattan | 1793 | Extended in 1806. | |
| House at 251 Rocklyn Avenue | Lynbrook | c. 1793 | West section of the home is original. | |
| Gardiners Island Windmill | Gardiners Island | May 23, 1795 | Restored after collapsing partially in 1815 | |
| Bridge Cafe | Lower Manhattan | 1795 | Oldest wooden building in Manhattan | |
| Denton Homestead | East Rockaway | 1795 | Originally built as a tavern and converted into residential farmhouse | |
| Denton House | New Hyde Park | 1795 | Presently a McDonald's. | |
| St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery | East Village | 1795 | Construction completed in 1799. | |
| Montauk Point Light | Montauk | 1796 | Significantly modified since initial construction. Now museum. Farthest east point on the south fork of Long Island. | |
| Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church | Flatbush | 1796 | ||
| Blackwell House | Roosevelt Island | 1796 | 40°45′37″N 73°57′4″W / 40.76028°N 73.95111°W | |
| First Reformed Church in Albany | Albany | 1797-1799 | Congregation started in 1642. | |
| Edgar Allen Poe Cottage | The Bronx | 1797 | Sources differ on if it was constructed in 1797 or 1812. | |
| David Tuthill Farmstead | Cutchogue | 1798 | Farm complex still a private residence | |
| Mount Vernon Hotel Museum | Upper East Side, Manhattan | 1799 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. | |
| Jesse Tuthill House | Mattituck | 1799 | Overall building constructed in two parts, the first in 1799 and the second in 1841. | |
| Gracie Mansion | Upper East Side, Manhattan | 1799 | Mayor's Residence | |
| Van Nuyse-Magaw House | Midwood | 1800 | 1041 East 22nd Street [2] 40°37′36.5″N 73°57′15.5″W / 40.626806°N 73.954306°W | |
| Hamilton Grange | Hamilton Heights | 1802 | Home of Alexander Hamilton. Relocated twice (1889 and 2008). | |
| Wadsworth Homestead | Geneseo | 1804 | Built in 1804 by James Wadsworth who came to Geneseo in 1790. Originally a two-story foursquare home. Enlarged in 1815 | |
| Swart-Wilcox House | Oneonta | 1807 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1807. Now operated as the Swart-Wilcox House Museum.. | |
| Gideon Tucker House | Tribeca, Manhattan | 1809 | 2 White Street. Small Federal style row house | |
| Willets Point Farmhouse | Bayside, now Fort Totten, Queens | 1829 | Built by Charles and Martha Willet and eventually moved to Fort Totten. The fort itself was built in 1857, and an Officer's Club was built in 1870 which is now home to the Bayside Historical Society. | |
| Cantonment Farm | 1812 | This private residence is the last standing officers' barracks built in 1812. | ||
| Putnam County Court House | Carmel | 1814 | Second oldest courthouse in the United States that remains in use | |
| Clarkson Community Church | Clarkson | 1825 | This Protestant church, perhaps the oldest in western Monroe County, was established in 1816 and has operated continuously since that date. The original 1825 Colonial structure, with a 100' steeple, has had two subsequent additions (in 1967 and in 1985). | |
| Hull Family Home and Farmstead | Lancaster | c. 1820 | Lived in until 1990s, but is now a preserved home and is able to be visited. The Hulls moved into the property c. 1800, but built the house in 1820. The house is the oldest stone house in Erie County. | |
| LaTourette House | Staten Island | 1836 | 1836 brick Federal-style building now used as clubhouse for city-owned golf course. | |
| Anshe Slonim Synagogue | Lower Manhattan | 1849 | Oldest surviving synagogue building in New York City | |
| 203 East 29th Street | Kips Bay, Manhattan | 1790/1870 | Private owned house dated back from 1790 or 1870 based on different sources. Listed in National Register of Historic Places |
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