List of the oldest buildings in New York

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of New York.

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Building Image Location First Built Notes
A carpenter's shed Gardiners Island 1639 Possibly oldest building in New York
Old House Cutchogue 1649 One of the oldest houses in the state; moved in 1661 to present site from Southold
Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House Brooklyn 1652 Oldest surviving structure in New York City
Home of General Abraham Staats Columbia County 1652 Henry Hudson reportedly landed at this spot in 1609
Lent-Riker-Smith Homestead East Elmhurst 1656 Oldest inhabited private dwelling in New York City and possibly the country[1]
Old Halsey House Village of Southampton 1660 1660 build date according to the local historical society in Southampton http://www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org/
John Bowne House Flushing 1661 Oldest surviving structure in Queens; once hosted a well-known Quaker meeting
Billou-Stillwell-Perine House Staten Island 1662 Oldest surviving structure in Staten Island
Bronck House Coxsackie 1663 Oldest house in upstate New York
Brewster House East Setauket 1665 One of the oldest houses on Long Island
The Old 76 House Tappan 1668 Oldest surviving building in Rockland County; third oldest public house in America; Maj. John Andre held before trial and hanging in Tappan
Cornelius Tappen House (Vandenburgh-Hasbrouck House) Ulster County c. 1670 Reputedly the oldest house in the Kingston Stockade area and the first post office.[2] Currently a restaurant, The Tappen
Cubberly-Britton Cottage Staten Island 1670
Manee-Seguine Homestead Staten Island 1670
Timothy Knapp House Rye 1670 Listed on National Register of Historic Places
Ariaanje Coeymans House Coeymans 1675 There is another Coeymans house a mile south of this one, on the Hannacroix Creek. Date unknown.
Conference House Staten Island 1675 Listed on National Historic Landmark
Jans Martense Schenck house Brooklyn 1675 Originally in Flatlands; installed within the Brooklyn Museum 1964
Old Senate House City of Kingston 1676 New York State Constitution written and signed here
Van Leuven-Bevier House Museum Marbletown 1680 Built by Andries Pieterse Van Leuven in 1680, on land he purchased from the Esopus Indians. Currently houses the Ulster Co. Historical Society
Van Nostrand-Starkins House Roslyn 1680 Main Street Historic District (Roslyn, New York)
Philipse Manor Hall Yonkers 1682 Oldest surviving structure in Westchester County.
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow 1685 Possibly the oldest surviving church in the state. May date only to 1697, which would place it 2nd to Flushing Meeting House, Queens.
Bedell House Bellmore 1689 The oldest house in Bellmore, NY the original portion of the Bedell House was built circa 1689.
Alice Austen House Staten Island 1690 Built by a Dutch merchant then remodeled in the Gothic Revival Style in 1844
Jeremiah Conklin House Amagansett 1690 Built by Jeremiah Conkling and his wife Mary, daughter of Lion Gardiner, first English settler of New York colony
Joseph Whitman House West Hills, Long Island 1692
Old Quaker Meeting House Flushing 1694 Oldest religious building in New York City still standing [3]
Abraham Manee House (Manee-Seguine Homestead) Staten Island 1600s Built by Abraham Manee
Voorlezer's House Staten Island 1695 Oldest school house in America
Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn Village of Rhinebeck 1700 Oldest surviving inn in America and oldest structure in the village
De Wint House Tappan 1700 Washington Revolutionary headquarters; one of the oldest surviving buildings in Rockland County
Ezra Carll Homestead South Huntington, Long Island 1700
Jarvis-Fleet House Huntington, Long Island 1700
Lispenard-Rodman-Davenport House New Rochelle 1700
Tobias van Steenburgh House Kingston 1700 One of the few buildings in Kingston not burned in 1777 by British troops
Treasure House Staten Island 1700
Tysen-Neville House Staten Island 1700
Crailo Rensselaer 1704 Residence of Hendrick van Rensselaer
John Wood House Huntington Station, Long Island 1704 Built by a Dutch merchant then remodeled in the Gothic Revival Style in 1844
Jan Van Loon House Village of Athens 1706 one of the oldest houses in Greene County
Madam Brett Homestead Beacon 1709 oldest building in Dutchess County, first house on Rombout Patent, on National Register
Gomez Mill House Town of Newburgh 1712 Oldest known extant residence of a Jewish American
Lewis Pintard House New Rochelle 1710 Home of Revolutionary War patriot Lewis Pintard
Fraunces Tavern Lower Manhattan 1719 Etienne "Stephen" DeLancey built the current building as his house; tavern since 1762
Pieter Winne House Selkrik, Albany County 1720 Purportedly the oldest house in the Town of Bethlehem
Bull Stone House Hamptonburgh 1720s Property also contains the oldest intact Dutch barn in the state
Hendrick I. Lott House Brooklyn 1720
Jan Van Hoesen House Claverack c. 1720
John Oakley House West Hills, Long Island c. 1720 The original structure was built about 1720 and expanded in the 1780s.
Kreuzer-Pelton House Staten Island 1722
Albertus Van Loon House Village of Athens 1724 Possibly the second-oldest house in Greene County
Abraham Yates House Schenectady ca. 1725 Possibly the oldest house in Schenectady
French Castle at Fort Niagara Village of Youngstown 1726 Oldest building on the Great lakes and one of the longest continuously run military bases in the United States, 1726–present-day
48 Hudson Avenue Albany 1728 Oldest stand-alone structure in Albany
Lent Homestead East Elmhurst, Queens 1729 The western portion of the house may date to 1654
Benner House Village of 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 1791-1793.
King Mansion Jamaica 1730 The rear section of the house dates to 1730, the left section to 1755, the main structure (right section) to 1806.
Suydam House Centerport, Long Island c. 1730
John Rogers House Dix Hills, Long Island 1732
Queen Anne Parsonage Fort Hunter 1734
Cornelius Van Wyck House Douglaston 1735
Nicoll-Sill House - Bethlehem House Albany County c1735 Home of Rensselaer Nicoll and Elizabeth Salisbury Nicoll
Jacob Smith House West Hills, Long Island 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 Staten Island 1740
Kasparus Westervelt House [4] Town of Poughkeepsie 1745
Stoothoff-Baxter-Kouwenhoven House Brooklyn 1747
Van Cortlandt House Van Cortlandt Park 1748 Oldest building in the Bronx
Creedmoor (Cornell) Farmhouse Glen Oaks 1750
David Conklin House Huntington, Long Island c. 1750
Ireland-Gardiner Farm Greenlawn, Long Island c. 1750
Isaac Losee House Huntington, Long Island c. 1750 One of the oldest private residences on Long Island
Henry Smith Farmstead Huntington Station, Long Island c. 1750 Built about 1750 and remodelled in the 1860s
Steenburgh Tavern Rhinebeck 1750 German vernacular stone house built into a hillside with an unusual sweeping Dutch roof
The Christopher House Staten Island 1756
Valentine-Varian House Norwood 1758 Second oldest house in the Bronx
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 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 Manhattan 1765
Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Brooklyn 1766
Indian Castle Church Danube 1769 Only colonial Indian missionary church surviving in the state, and the only Iroquois building surviving from its time[5]
Boehm-Frost House Staten Island 1770
Kingsland Homestead Flushing 1774
Lefferts Homestead Brooklyn 1777 Moved to Prospect Park from its original location at 563 Flatbush Avenue
Dyckman House Inwood, Manhattan 1784 Only remaining original farmhouse in Manhattan
Edward Mooney House Manhattan 1785 Oldest surviving row house in Manhattan
Stone-Tolan House Brighton, New York c. 1792 A Federal-style structure said to be the oldest surviving building in Monroe County
Joost Van Nuyse House Flatlands, Brooklyn 1793
Bridge Cafe Manhattan 1795 Oldest wooden building in Manhattan
Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Flatbush 1796
Van Nuyse-Magaw House Brooklyn 1800 1041 East 22nd Street 40°37′36.5″N 73°57′15.5″W / 40.626806°N 73.954306°W / 40.626806; -73.954306
The Wadsworth Homestead Geneseo, New York 1804 Built in 1804 by James Wadsworth a pioneer from Connecticut who came to Geneseo in 1790. Originally a two story four square home with an east west central hallway dividing four rooms on the first and second floor. The house was enlarged to in 1815 adding two large rooms to the south end first floor and a nursery on the second floor. In 1875 Emmeline Austin Wadsworth had her son William move the house 100 yards to the south, using oxen. At this time Sturges and Brigham architects were hired to add a third floor and fine embellishments throughout, including carved fireplace mantels and a grand central stair. The home continues to be occupied by the Wadsworth's. http://www.wadsworthhomestead.com/
J. Crew and liquor store Manhattan, New York 1809 235 W Broadway. Small Federal style row house
Willets Point Farmhouse Bayside, now Fort Totten 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.
Clarkson Community Church Clarkson, New York 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).
Anshe Slonim Synagogue Lower Manhattan 1849 Oldest surviving synagogue building in New York City

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.rikerhome.com/
  2. ↑ "Building History". The Tappen. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Landmarks Preservation Commission. “Friends Meeting House.” August 18, 1970. Vertical files, Queens Borough Public Library.
  4. ↑ http://www.thewesterveltfamily.com/genealogy/021.html
  5. ↑ "Indian Castle Church data pages". Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress. 2007-11-16.

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