List of the oldest buildings in New Hampshire

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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.

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Verified

Ages of the buildings listed in this table have been verified with dendrochronology or architectural survey.

BuildingImageLocationFirst builtNotesRef.
Jackson House Jackson House, Portsmouth, NH.jpg Portsmouth 1664Often credited as the oldest surviving house in New Hampshire. [1]
Damm-Drew Garrison House Old Garrison House, Dover, N.H., erected 1675, over 200 years old (75923).jpg Dover 1675Part of Woodman Institute Museum [2]
Sherburn House Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire LCCN2011631411.tif Portsmouth 1695Part of Strawbery Banke museum [3]
Paul Wentworth House Rollinsford 1701Located at 47 Water St, Rollinsford; it is "educational and cultural center for Rollinsford and the lower Salmon Falls region." [4]
Gilman Garrison House ExeterNH GilmanGarrisonHouse 02.jpg Exeter 1709Construction date determined by dendrochronology [5]
Warner House The Warner House, Portsmouth, NH.jpg Portsmouth 1716One of the finest early-Georgian brick houses in New England [6]
Newington Meeting House NewingtonNH CenterChurch.jpg Newington 1717Oldest church building in New Hampshire. First used in 1713, while still under construction. [7] [8]
James House Hampton1723First period house, dated by dendrochronology [9]
Jaquith House (Farley Garrison House) Farley House.JPG Gilmanton c.1725Building was moved to New Hampshire from Billerica, Massachusetts, in 2010. Once thought to date from 1665; architectural survey estimates c.1725 [10]
Newington Old Parsonage Historical American Building Survey L. C. Durette, Photographer Oct. 2, 1936 EXTERIOR FROM SOUTH WEST - Parsonage, Newington, Rockingham County, NH HABS NH,8-NEWI,2-5.tif Newington 1765Located at 2 New Hampshire Route 4 in Dover [11]
Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge BathHaverhillBridge.JPG Bath and Woodsville 1829Oldest covered bridge in New Hampshire [12]

Unverified estimates

BuildingImageLocationFirst builtNotesRef.
Hill-Woodman-Ffrost House Three Chimneys Inn, Durham NH 1.jpg Durham c.1649Currently a hotel and tavern 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. [13]
The Brown House Brown house new ipswich.jpg New Ipswich 1750Still a private residence at 209 Ashby Road, the house was built by Josiah Brown out of American chestnut, and is still surrounded by old varietals of roses and hydrangeas.Its construction date is recorded in a book held by the New Ipswich historical society.

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Jackson House | Historic New England". www.historicnewengland.org. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Damm Garrison". Dover.nh.gov. February 22, 1999. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to Sherburne House, c. 1695". Strawberybanke.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ "ARCH | The Association for Rollinsford Culture and History". Paulwentworthhouse.org. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory - New Hampshire". Dendrochronology.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ "MacPheadris–Warner House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
  7. ↑ Hudson, Marshall (November 19, 2020). "The Meetinghouse at Bloody Point". New Hampshire Magazine . Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Newington Meetinghouse". newingtonnh.org. Newington Historical Society. November 26, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  9. ↑ "ReDiscovery of the James House". www.jameshousemuseum.org. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Historic Building Detail: BIL.169 | Jaquith, Abraham House". Massachusetts Historical Commission . Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  11. ↑ Garvin, James (2001). A Building History of Northern New England. University Press of New England. p. 97.
  12. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Haverhill-Bath Covered Bridge". National Park Service. 1977. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  13. ↑ "The Historic District of Durham, New Hampshire: A Walking Tour" (PDF). Puritan Press. 1992. p. 6.
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