List of the oldest buildings in New Hampshire

See also: List of the oldest buildings in the United States

This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of New Hampshire in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in New Hampshire and any other surviving structures from the First Period. 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; or else be denoted as estimates in the separate lower list.

Verified with dendrochronology or architectural survey

Building Location First built Notes
Jackson House Portsmouth 1664[1] Often credited as the oldest surviving house in New Hampshire.
Damm-Drew Garrison House Dover 1675 Part of Woodman Institute Museum[2]
Sherburn House Portsmouth 1695 Part of Strawbery Banke museum[3]
Paul Wentworth House Rollinsford 1701 Located at 47 Water St, Rollinsford; it is "educational and cultural center for Rollinsford and the lower Salmon Falls region."[4]
Gilman Garrison House Exeter 1709 Construction date determined by dendrochronology[5]
Warner House Portsmouth 1716 One of the finest early-Georgian brick houses in New England
Newington Meeting House Newington 1717 Oldest church building in New Hampshire
James House Hampton 1723 First period house, dated by dendrochronology[6]
Jaquith House (Farley Garrison House) Gilmanton c.1725 [7] Building was moved to NH from Billerica, Massachusetts, in 2010. Once thought to date from 1665; architectural survey estimates c.1725
Newington Old Parsonage Newington 1765[8] Located at 2 New Hampshire 4 in Dover
Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge Bath and Woodsville 1829 Oldest covered bridge in New Hampshire

Unverified estimates

Building Location First built Notes
Hill-Woodman-Ffrost House Durham ca. 1649 Currently a tavern (Three Chimneys Inn - ffrost Sawyer Tavern)[9] in the Durham Historic District. According to the owner, it "has an ell that is believed to date to 1649" and is possibly the original house on the site.[10]

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Notes

  1. ^ "Jackson House | Historic New England". www.historicnewengland.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  2. ^ "Damm Garrison". Dover.nh.gov. 1999-02-22. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  3. ^ "Welcome to Sherburne House, c. 1695". Strawberybanke.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  4. ^ "ARCH | The Association for Rollinsford Culture and History". Paulwentworthhouse.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  5. ^ "Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory - New Hampshire". Dendrochronology.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  6. ^ "ReDiscovery of the James House". www.jameshousemuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  7. ^ Massachusetts Historical Commission https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=bil.169. Retrieved 2021-04-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Garvin, James (2001). A Building History of Northern New England. University Press of New England. p. 97.
  9. ^ "ffrost Sawyer Tavern | Durham, New Hampshire 03824". Three Chimneys Inn. Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  10. ^ "The Historic District of Durham, New Hampshire: A Walking Tour," (Puritan Press, 1992) p.6 https://www.ci.durham.nh.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/conservation_commission/page/19811/section_11_walking_tour.pdf