List of the oldest buildings in New York

List of the oldest buildings in New York

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of New York built by Europeans (English, Dutch, French) and Native Americans.

Building Image Location First Built Notes
A Carpenter's Shed Gardiners Island 1639 Possibly oldest building in New York
Old House The-old-house-cutchogue.jpg Cutchogue 1649 One of the oldest houses in the state; moved in 1661 to present site from Southold
Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House Wyckoff-house.jpg Brooklyn 1652 Oldest surviving structure in New York City
Old Halsey House‎ OldHalseyHouseSouthhampton.jpg Southampton, New York 1660 1660 build date according to the local historical society in Southampton http://www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org/
John Bowne House WTM by official-ly cool 078.JPG Flushing 1661 Oldest surviving structure in Queens; once hosted a well-known Quaker meeting
Billou-Stillwell-Perine House Perine-house.JPG Staten Island 1662 Oldest surviving structure in Staten Island
Bronck House Bronck-house.jpg Coxsackie 1663 Oldest house in upstate New York
The Old 76 House Old76House 2007 02.jpg Tappan 1668 Oldest surviving building in Rockland County; third oldest public house in America; Maj. John Andre held before trial and hanging in Tappan
Cubberly-Britton Cottage Brittoncottage.jpg Staten Island 1670
Manee-Seguine Homestead Maneeseguine5.jpg Staten Island 1670
Timothy Knapp House Rye 1670 Listed on National Registry of Historic Places
Conference House Conference-house-staten-island.jpg Staten Island 1675 Listed on National Historic Landmark
Jans Martense Schenck house Schenk-Crooke House2.jpg Brooklyn 1675 located within the Brooklyn Museum
Old Senate House Kingston-senate-house.jpg Kingston, New York 1676 New York State Constitution written and signed here
Van Nostrand-Starkins House Roslyn 1680 [1]
Philipse Manor Hall Philipse Manor Hall.jpg Yonkers 1682 Oldest surviving structure in Westchester County.
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow Old Dutch Church taken by James Russiello.JPG Sleepy Hollow 1685 Oldest surviving church in the state
Alice Austen House AustenHouse.jpg 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
Friends Meeting House Old-quaker-house-flushing.jpg Queens 1694
Abraham Manee House (Manee-Seguine Homestead) Staten Island 1600s Built by Abraham Manee, the house was also occupied by General Vaughan, the British commander during the Revolution.
Voorlezer's House Vorleezer-house.jpg Staten Island 1695 Oldest school house in America
Tobias van Steenburgh House Tobias van Steenburgh House, Kingston, NY.jpg Kingston 1700 One of the few buildings in Kingston not burned in 1777 by British troops
Tysen-Neville House Staten Island 1700
Treasure House Treasurehouse.jpg Staten Island 1700
De Wint House DeWintHouse house 2007 02.jpg Tappan 1700 Washington Revolutionary headquarters; one of the oldest surviving buildings in Rockland County
Beekman Arms Inn Beekman Arms Oldest Inn Rhinebeck 2007 02.jpg Village of Rhinebeck 1700 Oldest surviving inn in America and oldest structure in the village
Crailo Crailo2010.jpg Rensselaer, New York 1704 Residence of Hendrick van Rensselaer
Jan Van Loon House JanVanLoonHouse.JPG Village of Athens 1706 one of the oldest houses in Greene County
Gomez Mill House Gomez Mill House.jpg Town of Newburgh 1712 Oldest known extant residence of a Jewish American
Ariaanje Coeymans House Coeymanshouse.jpg Coeymans, New York 1716 There is another Coeymans house a mile south of this one, on the Hannacroix Creek. Date unknown.
Fraunces Tavern Day113iwalltourdk.jpg Manhattan 1719 Etienne "Stephen" DeLancey built the current building as his house; tavern since 1762
Bull Stone House Bull Stone House.jpg Hamptonburgh 1720s Property also contains the oldest intact Dutch barn in the state
Hendrick I. Lott House Hendrick I Lott 1940 E36 jeh.JPG Brooklyn 1720
Jan Van Hoesen House Claverack c. 1720
Kreuzer-Pelton House Staten Island 1722
Albertus Van Loon House AVanLoonHouse.JPG Village of Athens 1724 Possibly the second-oldest house in Greene County
French Castle at Fort Niagara French castle at Fort Niagara 2.JPG Youngstown, New York 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 48 Hudson Ave Albany.jpg Albany 1728 Oldest stand-alone structure in Albany
Lent Homestead Queens 1729 The western portion of the house may date to 1654
Benner House Benner House, Rhinebeck, NY.jpg 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 Rufus-king-house.jpg Queens 1730 The rear section of the house dates to 1730, the left section to 1755, the main structure (right section) to 1806.
Cornelius Van Wyck House Queens 1735
Lake-Tysen House Guyon-Lake-Tyson.jpg Staten Island 1740
Stoothoff-Baxter-Kouwenhoven House J A Baxter 1640 E48 jeh.JPG Brooklyn 1747
Van Cortlandt House Van-cortland-house-bronx.JPG Van Cortlandt Park 1748 Oldest building in the Bronx
Creedmoor (Cornell) Farmhouse Queens 1750
The Christopher House Chishouse.jpg Staten Island 1756
Valentine-Varian House Valentine-varian-house.JPG Norwood 1758 Second oldest house in the Bronx
St. Paul's Chapel St Paul's Chapel sunny jeh.JPG Manhattan 1764 Oldest surviving church in New York City
Morris-Jumel Mansion Morris-jumel.jpg Manhattan 1765
Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Wyckoff-bennett-homestead.jpg Brooklyn 1766
Indian Castle Church IndianCastleChurch zoomed December2007.jpg Danube 1769 Only colonial Indian missionary church surviving in the state, and the only Iroquois building surviving from its time[2]
Boehm-Frost House Boehmhouseback.JPG Staten Island 1770
Kingsland Homestead Flushing 1774
Lefferts Homestead Lefferts-homestead-prospect-park.JPG Brooklyn 1777 Moved to Prospect Park from its original location at 563 Flatbush Avenue
Dyckman House Dyckman House 2007.jpg Manhattan 1784 Only remaining original farmhouse in Manhattan
Edward Mooney House Edward-mooney-house-18-bowery.jpg Manhattan 1785 Oldest surviving row house in Manhattan
Coe House Brooklyn 1793
Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church RPDC Flatbush w-Graveyard jeh.JPG Brooklyn 1796
Van Nuyse-Magaw House Brooklyn 1800
Anshe Slonim Synagogue Orens.JPG New York City 1849 Oldest surviving synagogue building in New York City
Hotel Pennsylvania Hotel Pennsylvania by RTF.jpg New York City 1919 Oldest original Hotel in the Manhattan in New York City

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