This article attempts to list some of the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Maryland in the United States of America. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendrochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier. To be listed here a site must:
Building | Image | Location | Dated | Use | Notes | |
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Brooke Place Manor [1] | St. Leonard, Maryland | 1652 | Residence | One of the earliest manor houses in the State. This brick structure of flemish bond brick, was an early 17th century 1-1/2 story building with a very steep A-roof. It was enlarged in the 1840s into a 2-1/2 story Greek Revival structure, with a gently sloping A-roof. The home, built by Robert Brooke, Sr, still resides on 100 acres of the original 2,100 acres granted to him in 1649 by Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore. | ||
Old Trinity Church (Church Creek) | Church Creek, Maryland | 1675 | Religious | Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the US. [2] | ||
Third Haven Meeting House | Talbot County, Maryland | 1682 | Religious | Oldest Quaker meeting house in the United States | ||
Spring House, Ft. Lincoln Cemetery | Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Prince George's County, Maryland | 1683 | Springhouse | Small springhouse structure. In Maryland by 300 ft. [3] | ||
Fort Garrison | Stevenson, Maryland | c. 1695 | Fort | |||
Holly Hill | Friendship, Maryland | 1698 (fall or winter); 1713; c. 1730 [4] | Residence | Primitive, two-room, 1+1⁄2-story frame house at its incarnation. Two subsequent additions/upgrades performed, including a full structural brick encasement in c. 1730. [4] | ||
Morgan Hill Farm | Lusby, Maryland | c. 1700 | Residence | Oldest part built between 1670 and 1700. | ||
Sands House | Annapolis, Maryland | c. 1700s | Residence | Unconfirmed date of construction. Dendrochronology points to a date as early as 1681, but other sources point toward 1739. Historical marker inscribed with a c. 1700s date. | ||
Sotterley Plantation | Hollywood, Maryland | 1702 | Museum | Popular public historic interpretation and living history exhibits | ||
Cedar Park | Galesville, Maryland | 1702 | Residence | Date was ascertained through dendrochronology. | ||
Rehoboth Presbyterian Church | Rehobeth, Maryland | 1706; 1888; 1954–1955 | Religious | Oldest Presbyterian Church in continuous use in the United States [5] | ||
Old Queen Anne's County Courthouse | Queenstown, Maryland | 1708 | Government | |||
Carvill Hall | Chestertown, Maryland | 1694–1709 | Residence | |||
All Hallows Church | Edgewater, Maryland | 1710 | Religious | |||
St. Paul's Episcopal Church | Fairlee, Maryland | 1713 | Religious | Associated vestry house, erected in 1766, is one of two that survive in the state (the other being at St. George's Church at Perryman). | ||
Melwood Park | Prince George's County, Maryland | 1714 (dendrochronology) [6] | Residence | Originally thought to date to 1720s, but dendrochronology moved it back over a decade. | ||
Shiplap House | Annapolis, Maryland | c. 1715 | Tavern/store | One of the oldest buildings in Annapolis' colonial district. | ||
Sarum | Newport, Maryland | 1717 | Residence | Constructed spring–summer 1717. Previously believed to be of 17th century origin. [7] A shed on the site was built in 1736. | ||
Richland Farm | Clarksville, Maryland | 1719; 1920 | Residence | Large addition to the rear added in 1920. | ||
Ocean Hall | Bushwood, Maryland | 1719 | Residence | Date was ascertained through dendrochronology. | ||
Bellefields | Croom, Maryland | c. 1720 | Residence | |||
Presbury Meetinghouse | Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland | 1720 | Religious | |||
Sudley | Deale, Maryland | 1720–1730 | Residence | |||
Burch House | Port Tobacco, Maryland | 1720–1730 | Residence | |||
Rich Hill | Bel Alton, Maryland | 1720–1740 | Residence | |||
Charles Carroll House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1721 | Residence | One of 15 surviving birthplaces of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. | ||
White House Farm | Chestertown, Maryland | 1721; 1831 | Residence | Original section built in 1721. | ||
Anne Arundel County Free School | Davidsonville, Maryland | 1724 | School | Only surviving school built in response to the Maryland Free School Act of 1723. | ||
East Nottingham Friends Meetinghouse | Rising Sun, Maryland | 1724; 1752 | Meetinghouse | Brick portion burned in 1749; rebuilt and enlarged in 1752, with the original brick walls remaining | ||
Preston-on-the-Patuxent | Johnstown, Maryland | 1725 | Residence | Originally thought to date to 1651 | ||
Marshall Hall | Bryans Road, Maryland | 1725 | Residence | Earliest portioned built in 1725, with several additions later on. Severely damaged by fire sometime after 1980. A small brick building near it built around 1760. | ||
Salisbury Plantation | Westover, Maryland | 1725 | Residence | |||
Great House | St. Augustine, Maryland | 1725–1750 | Residence | Built during second quarter of 18th century. | ||
Rockburn | Ellicott City, Maryland | 1727 | Residence | |||
Doughoregan Manor | Ellicott City, Maryland | 1727; 1832 | Residence | Earliest portioned built in 1727, enlarged and remodeled in 1832. | ||
St. Luke's Church | Church Hill, Maryland | c. 1729-1732 | Religious | |||
Yarmouth | Cambridge, Maryland | c. 1730s | Residence | |||
Larkin's Hundred | Harwood, Maryland | c. 1730 | Residence | Traditionally said to be built in 1704, more likely built second half of 18th century. | ||
Bishopton | Church Hill, Maryland | c. 1730 | Residence | |||
Hopkins-Matthews House | Darlington, Maryland | c. 1730 | Residence | |||
Kingston | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | c. 1730 | Residence | |||
Readbourne | Centerville, Maryland | c. 1730; 1791; 1948 | Residence | Center block from 1730, south wing build in 1791. North wing was built in 1948. | ||
Hopewell | Providence, Cecil County | 1730–1750 | Residence | |||
Christ Church | Nanjemoy, Maryland | 1732 | Religious | One of the oldest Episcopal church buildings in Maryland. | ||
Rigbie House | Berkley, Maryland | c. 1732–1750 | Residence | |||
Bowlingly | Queenstown, Maryland | 1733; 1817; 1954 | Residence | Severely damaged in the War of 1812 by British forces. Enlarged in 1954. | ||
Williams' Conquest | Marion Station, Maryland | 1733; 1825; 1850; 1968 | Residence | |||
St. Paul's Parish Church | Brandywine, Maryland | c. 1733–1735; 1769; 1793; 1921 | Religious | |||
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church | Quantico, Maryland | 1733 | Religious | |||
Old Treasury Building | Annapolis, Maryland | 1735 | Government | Oldest government building in Annapolis | ||
Bennett's Adventure | Allen, Maryland | c. 1735 | Residence | |||
Belvoir | Crownsville, Maryland | c. 1736 | Residence | Earliest portion could date to 17th century. | ||
Reynold's Tavern | Annapolis, Maryland | 1737 | Tavern | |||
Valley Cottage | Georgetown, Maryland | 1737–1776 | Residence | Situated on original plot from 1737, unknown when it was actually built. | ||
Jonas Green House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1738 | Residence | |||
Belmont Estate | Elkridge, Maryland | 1738 | Residence | |||
Ogle Hall | Annapolis, Maryland | 1739 | Residence | |||
Reward-Tilden's Farm | Chestertown, Maryland | c. 1740–1749 | Residence | Built in the 1740s | ||
Hager House | Hagerstown, Maryland | 1740 | Residence | Built by Jonathan Hager, the founder of Hagerstown, and the oldest building in Washington County | ||
Friendship | Stevensville, Maryland | 1740 | Residence | |||
Robinson House | Severna Park, Maryland | 1740 | Residence | |||
Stagg Hall | Port Tobacco, Maryland | 1740 | Residence | |||
Worthington House | Darlington, Maryland | c. 1740 | Residence | |||
Best Endeavor | Churchville, Maryland | 1740; 1785 | Residence | East portion of house added on in 1785. | ||
Bayly House | Cambridge, Maryland | c. 1740 | Residence | Oldest home in Cambridge. | ||
Bull-Barrow House | Bel Air, Maryland | c. 1740 | Residence | |||
Deer Park House | Dublin, Maryland | c. 1740–1741 | Residence | |||
Belair Mansion | Bowie, Maryland | c. 1740–1745 | Residence | |||
Waddy House | Princess Anne, Maryland | c. 1740–1760 | Residence | |||
Patrick Creagh House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1741 | Residence | |||
St. Thomas Manor | Port Tobacco, Maryland | 1741 | Residence | Connected chapel built in 1798 | ||
Pemberton Hall | Salisbury, Maryland | 1741 | Residence | |||
South River Club | South River, Maryland | 1742 | Clubhouse | |||
St. John's College (McDowell Hall) | Annapolis, Maryland | 1742 | School | |||
Buckland | East New Market, Maryland | c. 1742 | Residence | |||
Clifton | Ednor, Maryland | c. 1742 | Residence | |||
Darnall's Chance | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | c. 1742 | Residence | |||
St. Thomas' Church | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | c. 1742–1745; 1859; 1888; 1905 | Religious | |||
William Hilleary House | Bladensburg, Maryland | c. 1742–1746 | Residence | |||
St. Thomas Church | Owings Mills, Maryland | 1743 | Religious | |||
Priest Neal's Mass House and Mill Site | Bel Air, Maryland | c. 1743 | Religious | One of the oldest extant buildings associated with the Catholic Church in America. | ||
Obligation | Harwood, Maryland | 1743; 1827 | Residence | |||
William Barroll House | Chestertown, Maryland | c. 1743 | Residence | |||
Bohemia Farm | Earleville, Maryland | c. 1743–1745 | Residence | |||
Woodview | Bel Air, Maryland | 1744; 1820 | Residence | |||
Middleham Chapel | Lusby, Maryland | 1744 | Religious | Built in 1748, replacing an earlier building erected around 1684 | ||
John Churchman House | Calvert, Maryland | 1745; 1785 | Residence | |||
Mercer Brown House | Rising Sun, Maryland | 1746 | Residence | |||
Derr House | Frederick, Maryland | 1790 - 1795 | Residence | |||
Custom House | Chestertown, Maryland | 1746 | Residence | |||
Bostwick | Bladensburg, Maryland | 1746 | Residence | |||
Broom's Bloom | Bel Air, Maryland | 1747 | Residence | |||
Christ Church | Accokeek, Maryland | 1747 | Religious | Begun in 1747, replacing an earlier frame building. | ||
Beatty-Cramer House | Frederick, Maryland | 1748; 1855 | Residence | Addition constructed in 1855. Dendrochronological research to date the structure is ongoing. Oldest standing home in Frederick County, MD. | ||
All Hallows Episcopal Church | Snow Hill, Maryland | 1748 | Religious | |||
London Town Publik House | Woodland Beach, Maryland | c. 1745–1750 | Tavern | |||
Wilton | Wye Mills, Maryland | c. 1749–1770; 1800 | Residence | |||
Perry Point Mansion House | Perryville, Maryland | c. 1750 | Residence | |||
Stump Family Grist Mill | Perryville, Maryland | c. 1750 | Mill | |||
Wye Mill | Wye Mills, Maryland | c. 1750 | Mill | Building dates to mid 1700s. | ||
Buckingham House | Buckeystown, Maryland | c. 1750 | Residence | School is a later addition to the attached house. | ||
Howard Lodge | Sykesville, Maryland | c. 1750 | Residence | |||
Indian Queen Tavern and Black's Store | Charlestown, Maryland | 1750 | Hotel/Retail | |||
Judge John Brice House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1750 | Residence | Could've been built even earlier, possibly in 1739. | ||
Rosehill | Gambrills, Maryland | 1750 | Residence | |||
The Homestead | Baldwin, Maryland | 1750 | Residence | |||
Rodgers Tavern | Perryville, Maryland | 1750 | Hotel | |||
Chimney House | Port Tobacco, Maryland | 1750 | Residence | |||
Poplar Hill | Aberdeen, Maryland | 1750 | Residence | |||
Mount Pleasant | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | c. 1750 | Residence | |||
Melwood Park | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | c. 1750 | Residence | At one point thought to be built in 1729. | ||
Piscataway House | Fort Washington, Maryland | c. 1750; 1932 | Residence | Relocated from its original location in Piscataway, Maryland in the 1930s. Disassembled and rebuilt on present location. | ||
Potter Hall | Williston, Maryland | 1750; 1808; 1930 | Residence | Central section built in 1750, 2 1⁄2-story Flemish bond brick structure built about 1808. Single story kitchen wing built in 1930. | ||
Joshua's Meadows | Bel Air, Maryland | 1750; 1937 | Residence | |||
White Swan Tavern | Chestertown, Maryland | c. 1750 | Tavern | |||
Piscataway Tavern | Piscataway, Maryland | c. 1750; 1810 | Tavern | Larger Federal addition from 1810, replacing original structure. | ||
Wyoming | Clinton, Maryland | c. 1750; 1800; 1850 | Residence | Connecting two-bay section built in 1850. | ||
Waterloo | Princess Anne, Maryland | c. 1750–1760 | Residence | |||
Araby | Mason's Springs, Maryland | c. 1750–1765 | Residence | |||
Ellerslie | Port Tobacco, Maryland | c. 1750–1765 | Residence | |||
Rose Hill | Chestertown, Maryland | c. 1750–1775 | Residence | |||
Elk Landing | Elkton, Maryland | c. 1750–1775 | Residence | |||
Maidstone | Owings, Maryland | 1751 | Residence | Previously believed to date to the 17th century, a dendrochronology survey determined time period of fall-winter 1751. [8] | ||
Blunt Farm and Granite Quarries | Granite, Maryland | 1751 | Farm | |||
Kitterman–Buckey Farm | Johnsville, Maryland | 1752 | Farm | Springhouse and Cabin on property also date from 1752 | ||
Rising Sun Inn | Crownsville, Maryland | 1753 | Residence | |||
Larkin's Hill Farm | Harwood, Maryland | 1753 | Residence | |||
Rich Hill | Sassafras, Maryland | c. 1753 | Residence | |||
Knocks Folly | Kennedyville, Maryland | c. 1753 | Residence | |||
Portland Manor | Lothian, Maryland | 1755 | Residence | Date was ascertained through dendrochronology | ||
St. James Church | Monkton, Maryland | 1755 | Religious | Bell tower added in 1884. | ||
The Ridge | Derwood, Maryland | 1755 | Residence | |||
Tulip Hill | Galesville, Maryland | 1755–1756 | Residence | |||
George Washington House | Bladensburg, Maryland | c. 1755–1765 | Tavern | |||
Jeremiah Brown House and Mill Site | Rising Sun, Maryland | 1757 | Residence | |||
Schifferstadt | Frederick, Maryland | 1758 | Residence | Oldest surviving building in Frederick city. Open for tours on weekend afternoons from April through November. | ||
Maynadier House | Cambridge, Maryland | c. 1759 | Residence | Right wing of house built in 1759. | ||
Legg's Dependence | Stevensville, Maryland | 1760 | Residence | Built in several stages beginning around 1760–80. Enlarged to present form during the second quarter of the 19th century. | ||
Mattapax | Stevensville, Maryland | 1760; 1949 | Residence | Restored in 1949, a wing was replaced by a newly constructed brick wing. | ||
Howard's Inheritance | Annapolis, Maryland | 1760 | Residence | |||
Swansbury | Aberdeen, Maryland | c. 1760; 1775 | Residence | West section dates back to c. 1760. Main structure built in 1780. | ||
Daffin House | Hillsboro, Maryland | c. 1760; 1780 | Residence | Brick wing built c. 1760. Main structure built in 1780. | ||
Primrose Hill | Annapolis, Maryland | ca. 1760 | Residence | |||
LaGrange | Cambridge, Maryland | c. 1760 | Residence | |||
Cox-Davis-Barnes House | Churchville, Maryland | c. 1760 | Residence | |||
Lexon | Centerville, Maryland | c. 1760 | Residence | |||
Lansdowne | Centerville, Maryland | c. 1760; 1823 | Residence | Smaller building is from 1760. Larger building built in 1823. | ||
Harmony Hall | Fort Washington, Maryland | c. 1760–1769 | Residence | Local tradition has it being built in 1723. | ||
Rock United Presbyterian Church | Elkton, Maryland | 1761 | Religious | Remodeled to its current Victorian Gothic influenced appearance in 1872, and 1900. Also on the property is a stone Session House originally constructed in 1762. | ||
Pleasant Hill | Pomfret, Maryland | 1761 | Residence | Earliest portion dates back to 1761. Added onto until about 1848. | ||
Hopeful Unity | Worton, Maryland | 1761 | Residence | May encapsulate an even older structure. | ||
Upton Scott House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1762 | Residence | |||
Ratcliffe Manor | Easton, Maryland | 1762 | Residence | One of the best examples of early Georgian style plantation houses on Maryland's Eastern Shore. [9] | ||
Acton Hall | Annapolis, Maryland | 1762 | Residence | |||
La Grange | La Plata, Maryland | c. 1763 | Residence | |||
Hockley | Elkridge, Maryland | c. 1763 | Residence | |||
St. James Episcopal Church | Lothian, Maryland | 1763 | Religious | Replaced an earlier structure dating to 1695. Oldest documented gravestone in Maryland (dated 1665) is found in the churchyard. [10] | ||
Paca House and Garden | Annapolis, Maryland | 1763 | Residence | |||
Michael Cresap House | Oldtown, Maryland | 1764 | Residence | |||
Peggy Stewart House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1764 | Residence | |||
Mitchell House | Fair Hill, Maryland | 1764 | Residence | |||
Long Island Farm | Parkville, Maryland | 1764 | Farm | |||
Galloway Mansion | Queenstown, Maryland | 1764 | Residence | Moved from its original location at Easton, Maryland in 2019. | ||
John Ridout House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1764–1765 | Residence | |||
Cross Manor | St. Inigoes, Maryland | "Prior to 1765" | Residence | |||
Whitehall | Annapolis, Maryland | c. 1765 | Residence | |||
Sycamore Cottage | Cambridge, Maryland | c. 1765 | Residence | |||
Market Master's House | Bladensburg, Maryland | c. 1765 | Residence | |||
Robert Long House | Baltimore, Maryland | 1765 | Residence | Oldest surviving residential structure in Baltimore City | ||
Manokin Presbyterian Church | Princess Anne, Maryland | 1765 | Religious | Georgian nave constructed in 1765, vestry and tower added in 1872, and 1888, respectively [11] | ||
Branton Manor | Sykesville, Maryland | c. 1766 | Residence | Oldest sections date to 1766. Middle portion was a later addition. | ||
St. George's Parish Vestry House | Perryman, Maryland | 1766 | Religious | |||
Brice House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1766–1773 | Residence | |||
Mount Clare | Baltimore, Maryland | 1767 | Residence | Oldest Colonial-era structure in Baltimore, Maryland. | ||
Spye Park | White Plains, Maryland | 1767 | Residence | |||
Ringgold-Pearce House | Chestertown, Maryland | 1767 | Residence | |||
St. John's Episcopal Church | Fort Washington, Maryland | 1767 | Religious | Located in the Broad Creek Historic District. The building is the 4th iteration of the church since the original was erected in 1695. | ||
Tubman Chapel, St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church | Church Creek, Maryland | 1767–1770 | Religious | Also used as a school house after later Victorian Era church was built across the road. [12] | ||
Shepherd's Delight | Still Pond, Maryland | 1767–1783; 1810 | Residence | Built between 1767 and 1783. | ||
Maxwell Hall | Patuxent, Maryland | c. 1767 | Residence | |||
Long Hill | Wetipquin, Maryland | 1767 | Residence | |||
Sophia's Dairy | Aberdeen, Maryland | 1768 | Residence | |||
Emmanuel Episcopal Church | Chestertown, Maryland | 1768 | Religious | |||
Drury-Austin House | Boyds, Maryland | 1768 | Residence | |||
Harmony Hall | Fort Washington, Maryland | 1769 | Residence | Located in the Broad Creek Historic District. It was originally known as Battersea, and overlooked the colonial port of Aire. | ||
Widehall | Chestertown, Maryland | 1769 | Residence | |||
Chase–Lloyd House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1769–1774 | Residence | |||
Mitchell House | Elkton, Maryland | c. 1769–1781 | Residence | |||
Artisan's House | Annapolis, Maryland | c. 1700s | Residence | Date of construction unknown, used as barracks during the American Revolutionary War. | ||
Hazelwood | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | c. 1770s; 1800; 1860 | Residence | |||
Greenfields | Cecilton, Maryland | 1770 | Residence | Possibly built earlier, 1740–1760. | ||
Truman's Place | Hughesville, Maryland | 1770 | Residence | |||
Colonel Joseph Wood House | Woodsboro, Maryland | 1770 | Residence | |||
Retreat | Port Tobacco, Maryland | c. 1770 | Residence | |||
Handsell | Vienna, Maryland | c. 1770 | Residence | |||
Mill Green Miller's House | Street, Maryland | c. 1770 | Residence | |||
Hebron | Still Pond, Maryland | c. 1770 | Residence | |||
London Coffee House | Baltimore, Maryland | c. 1770–1772 | Public | |||
Haberdeventure | Port Tobacco, Maryland | 1771 | Residence | |||
Mary's Mount | Harwood, Maryland | 1771 | Residence | Earliest portion built in 1771. Enlarged in early 19th century. | ||
Maryland Inn | Annapolis, Maryland | c. 1772 | Hotel | |||
Pipe Creek Friends Meetinghouse | Union Bridge, Maryland | 1772 | Meeting House | Interior destroyed by fire in 1934. | ||
Maryland State House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1772–1797 | Government | Oldest state house in continuous use in the United States. | ||
Perry Hall Mansion | Perry Hall, Maryland | 1773; 1826 | Residence | Originally constructed in 1773, badly damaged in fire in 1826. Only half of main section and west wing were saved. | ||
The Robert Johnson House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1773 | Hotel | |||
Preacher House | Darlington, Maryland | 1773 | Residence | |||
Round About Hills | Glenwood, Maryland | 1773 | Residence | |||
Gunpowder Meetinghouse | Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland | c. 1773 | Religious | Unknown if it is actually from 1773, but no evidence against it, as well. | ||
Chesterville Brick House | Chesterville, Maryland | c. 1773 | Commercial | Moved from its original location in 1973. | ||
Ridout Row | Annapolis, Maryland | 1773–1774 | Residence | |||
Hammond–Harwood House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1774 | Residential | Only existing work of colonial academic architecture that was principally designed from a plate in Andrea Palladio's I quattro libri dell'architettura (The Four Books of Architecture). | ||
Catoctin Furnace | Frederick County, Maryland | 1774 | Iron Forge | Provided ammunition for American Revolutionary War | ||
Hinchingham | Rock Hall, Maryland | 1774 | Residence | |||
Sexton's House | Worton, Maryland | c. 1774–1793 | Residence | Sexton's house is the only structure that dates back to 1700s. | ||
Reed's Creek Farm | Centreville, Maryland | 1775 | Residence | |||
Fat Oxen | Urbana, Maryland | c. 1775 | Residence | |||
Little Elk Farm | Providence, Cecil County | c. 1775–1800 | Residence | |||
Governor Calvert House | Annapolis, Maryland | 1776 | Hotel | Original house burned in 1764, what was remaining of that was built into the current building. Original building dating back to early 18th century. | ||
Mount Friendship | Darlington, Maryland | 1776; 1821 | Residence |
County | Building | Image | Location | Dated | Use | Notes |
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Calvert County | Brooke Place Manor | St. Leonard, Maryland | 1652 | Residence | ||
Dorchester County | Old Trinity Church, Maryland | Church Creek, Dorchester County, Maryland | 1675 | Religious | Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the US. [2] | |
Talbot County | Third Haven Meeting House | Talbot County, Maryland | 1682 | Religious | Oldest Quaker meeting house in the United States. | |
Prince George's County County | Spring House, Ft. Lincoln Cemetery | Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Prince George's County, Maryland | 1683 | Springhouse | Small springhouse structure. In Maryland by 300 ft. [3] | |
Baltimore County | Fort Garrison | Stevenson, Baltimore County, Maryland | c. 1695 | Fort | ||
Anne Arundel County | Holly Hill | Friendship, Anne Arundel County, Maryland | 1698 (fall or winter); 1713; c. 1730 [4] | Residence | Primitive, two-room, 1+1⁄2-story frame house at its incarnation. Two subsequent additions/upgrades performed, including a full structural brick encasement in c. 1730. [4] | |
St. Mary's County | Sotterley Plantation | Hollywood, Maryland | 1702 | Museum | Popular public historic interpretation and living history exhibits | |
Somerset County | Rehoboth Presbyterian Church | Rehobeth, Maryland | 1706; 1888; 1954–1955 | Religious | Oldest Presbyterian Church in continuous use in the United States [5] | |
Queen Anne's County | Old Queen Anne's County Courthouse | Queenstown, Maryland | 1708 | Governmental | ||
Kent County | Carvill Hall | Chestertown, Maryland | 1694–1709 | Residence | ||
Charles County | Sarum | Newport, Maryland | 1717 | Residence | Constructed spring–summer 1717. Previously believed to be of 17th century origin. [7] | |
Howard County | Richland Farm | Clarksville, Maryland | 1719; 1920 | Residence | Large addition to the rear added in 1920. | |
Harford County | Presbury Meetinghouse | Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland | 1720 | Religious | ||
Cecil County | East Nottingham Friends Meetinghouse | Rising Sun, Maryland | 1724; 1752 | Meetinghouse | Brick portion burned in 1749; rebuilt and enlarged in 1752, with the original brick walls remaining | |
Wicomico County | St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church | Quantico, Maryland | 1733 | Religious | ||
Washington County | Hager House | Hagerstown, Maryland | 1740 | Residence | Built by Jonathan Hager, the founder of Hagerstown | |
Montgomery County | Clifton | Ednor, Maryland | c. 1742 | Residence | ||
Frederick County | Derr House | Frederick, Maryland | 1746 | Residence | ||
Worcester County | All Hallows Episcopal Church | Snow Hill, Maryland | 1748 | Religious | ||
Caroline County | Daffin House | Hillsboro, Maryland | c. 1760; 1780 | Residence | Brick wing built c. 1760. Main structure built in 1780. | |
Allegany County | Michael Cresap House | Oldtown, Maryland | 1764 | Residence | ||
Baltimore City | Robert Long House | Baltimore, Maryland | 1765 | Residence | ||
Carroll County | Branton Manor | Sykesville, Maryland | c. 1766 | Residence | Oldest sections date to 1766. Middle portion was a later addition. | |
Garrett County | Stanton's Mill | Grantsville, Maryland | 1797; 1890 | Grist mill |
Type | Building | Image | Location | Dated | Notes |
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Residence | Brooke Place Manor | St. Leonard, Maryland | 1652 | ||
Church | Old Trinity Church (Church Creek) | Church Creek, Maryland | 1675 | Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the US. [2] | |
Quaker meeting house | Third Haven Meeting House | Talbot County, Maryland | 1682 | Oldest Quaker meetinghouse in the United States | |
Government building | Old Queen Anne's County Courthouse | Queenstown, Maryland | 1708 | ||
Barn | Evergreen (barn) | Mount Savage, Maryland | c. 1780 | ||
Lighthouse | Pooles Island Light | Pooles Island off Aberdeen Proving Ground | 1825 | Oldest surviving lighthouse in Maryland | |
Shot tower | Phoenix Shot Tower | Baltimore, Maryland | 1828 | Only surviving shot tower in Maryland, third oldest in the U.S. | |
Train station | Ellicott City station | Ellicott City, Maryland | 1830 | Oldest surviving passenger train station in the U.S. | |
Synagogue | Lloyd Street Synagogue | Baltimore, Maryland | 1840 | Oldest surviving synagogue building in Maryland, third oldest in the U.S. | |
Mosque | Islamic Society of Baltimore | Catonsville, Maryland | 1982 | Oldest purpose-built mosque in Maryland; others have existed for decades |
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The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts is a historic house built c. 1637, making it the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing. Puritan settler Jonathan Fairbanks constructed the farm house for his wife Grace and their family. The house was occupied and then passed down through eight generations of the family until the early 20th century. Over several centuries the original portion was expanded as architectural styles changed and the family grew.
Still Pond is a census-designated place in Kent County, Maryland, United States. Still Pond is located at the intersection of Maryland routes 292 and 566 on Still Pond Neck, south-southeast of Betterton and north of Chestertown. Much of the community is included in the Still Pond Historic District and it is notable as the first place in Maryland in which women gained the right to vote.
The Phillip Walker House is a historic American Colonial house in East Providence, Rhode Island. It is the oldest known house in East Providence.
West St. Mary's Manor is a historic house on West St. Mary's Manor Road in rural St. Mary's County, Maryland. Built in the 1780s according to dendrochronology and with a four-room center-hall plan, and is located on the first recorded English land grant in what is now Maryland. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
The Christ Church Guilford, historically known as the "Old Brick Church," is an historic Episcopal church located about one mile from Guilford, now part of Columbia, in Howard County, Maryland. The small Georgian church was completed in 1809. It was constructed of handmade brick laid in English garden wall brick bond with unmarked joints.
Maidstone is an old southern Maryland plantation located in Owings, Calvert County, Maryland. The oldest extant part of the house was built in 1751 by a yeoman planter, Lewis Lewin on or near the site of an earlier wood structure., though a brick in one of the chimneys is dated 1678.
Holly Hill, also known as Holland's Hills or Rose Valley, is a historic house at Friendship, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It was initially named as Holland's Hills for Francis Holland, who bought the land in 1665. Richard Harrison, a Quaker planter and shipowner, bought the land and built a home on it. Harrison owned about 6,000 acres total.
St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House Historic District is the first county-designated historic district in Saint Mary's County, the "Mother County" of Maryland and is located in Compton, Maryland, near the county seat of Leonardtown. The district marks a location and site important in the 17th-century ecclesiastical history of Maryland, as an example of a self-contained Jesuit community made self-supporting by the surrounding 700-acre (2.8 km2) farm. The two principal historic structures were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Archaeological remains associated with the site date back to the early colonial period, mid-17th century.
Sarum is a historic home located at Newport, Charles County, Maryland, US. The oldest extant part of the house was built in 1717 by Joseph Pile on or near the site of his grandfather's 17th century house. It was a box-framed hall and parlor dwelling, 32 by 18 feet. A shed was added in 1736; later in the 1800s the ends were extended and new walls of brick were constructed giving the house its present dimensions. Sarum was patented to John Pile in 1662, and remained in the ownership of the Pile family until 1836. It is one of Maryland's finest small Colonial dwellings.
St. Paul's Church is an historic Episcopal church located near the village of Fairlee, southwest of Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland. St. Paul's Church is one of the original thirty parishes created in 1692 by an Act of the General Assembly declaring the Church of England as the established religion of the Province of Maryland. The Georgian-styled building, completed in 1713, is the second-oldest Episcopal church on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Hawkins Pharsalia is a historic home located at Ruthsburg, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, single-pile gambrel-roofed brick dwelling constructed c. 1829, according to a 2015 dendrochronological study by the Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory. It is one of the best preserved small early-19th century houses in Queen Anne's County, according to the Maryland Historical Trust. Additionally on the property is a brick smokehouse.
The Easton Historic District is a historic district that covers most of the core of the town of Easton, Maryland. The town is the county seat of Talbot County. The state of Maryland is nearly split by the Chesapeake Bay, and Easton is located on the east side of the bay that is known as Maryland's Eastern Shore. Although the town is part of the east coast of the United States, the region's history goes back to a time when Maryland was a colonial province of England.
The Belmont Estate, now Belmont Manor and Historic Park, is a former plantation located at Elkridge, Howard County, Maryland, United States. Founded in the 1730s and known in the Colonial period as "Moore's Morning Choice", it was one of the earliest forced-labor farms in Howard County, Maryland. Its 1738 plantation house is one of the finest examples of Colonial Georgian architectural style in Maryland.
St Mary's Church in Kempley is a former parish church in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England, close to the border with Herefordshire. It is a Grade I listed building. St Mary's Church is now owned by English Heritage and maintained by The Friends of Kempley Churches.