List of the oldest buildings in Pennsylvania

List of the oldest buildings in Pennsylvania

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Pennsylvania and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, 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:

  • date from prior to 1776; or
  • be the oldest building in a county, large city, or oldest of its type (church, government building, etc.),
Building Image Location First Built Use Notes
Lower Swedish Cabin LowerSwedishCabin.JPG Drexel Hill 1640-1650 House Possibly oldest log cabin or wooden house in Pennsylvania
Wall House Wall house front.JPG Elkins Park 1682 House Oldest house in Pennsylvania which has had continuous family residency, possibly the oldest stone house in Pennsylvania with part of the house dating to 1682
Caleb Pusey House ACalebPuseyHouse.JPG Upland 1683 House Oldest English-built house in Pennsylvania. Only extant building known to have been visited by William Penn. Completed 1683-1696.
Farmar Mill PA-Montco-FarmarMill.jpg Fort Washington 1690 Mill Oldest surviving mill in Pennsylvania
Wyck House Wyck House, Philadelphia, HABS PA-7-3-5.jpg Germantown 1690 House Oldest house in Germantown
Merion Friends Meeting House Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Montgomery Avenue & Meetinghouse Lane), Merion Station (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania).jpg Merion Station 1695 Religious One of the oldest Quaker meeting houses in America
Thomas Massey House MasseyHouse.JPG Broomall 1696, later additions House One of the oldest "English" houses in Pennsylvania, one of the oldest Quaker homes in the state
Morton Homestead MortonsenCabin.JPG Prospect Park c. 1698, later additions House Farm founded in 1654
Gloria Dei
(Old Swedes' Church)
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church.jpg Philadelphia 1700 Religious Oldest surviving church in Philadelphia
Old Trinity Church Trinity Church Philly HABS.jpg Philadelphia 1711 Religious
Stenton Stenton-mansion.png Philadelphia 1723 House Home of James Logan, secretary of William Penn
Old Chester Courthouse 1724 Chester Courhouse.JPG Chester 1724 Government This is the oldest public building in continuous use in the United States. Served as a courthouse from 1724 until 1851, town hall until the 1960s. Now used for miscellaneous city, county and civic functions. [1]
Michael Billmeyer House Micheal Billmeyer 6505 Germantown.JPG Philadelphia 1730 House
Ephrata Cloister 2003.09.20 42 Ephrata Cloister Pennsylvania.jpg Ephrata 1732 Religious Established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel, it is one of the oldest religious communities in the United States. It had the second German printing press in the American colonies which published the largest book in Colonial America, Martyrs Mirror.
Augustus Lutheran Church Augustus Lutheran Church, 717 West Main Street, Trappe (Montgomery County, Pennsylvaina).jpg Trappe 1743 Religious Oldest unchanged Lutheran church building in the United States in continuous use by the same congregation.[2][3]
Grumblethorpe Grumblethorpe Front.JPG Philadelphia 1744 House
Belmont Mansion (Philadelphia) WTP A11 Techserv 1.jpg Philadelphia 1745 House
Germantown White House 28-5442GTA-DeshlerMorris.jpg Philadelphia 1752 House Twice served as temporary residence of George Washington during his presidency.
Old Germantown Academy and Headmasters' Houses Germantown Academy HABS.jpeg Philadelphia 1760 School
Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House) Cliveden Mansion, Philadelphia, HABS PA-1184-88.jpg Philadelphia 1763 House Scene of fighting at the Battle of Germantown
Fort Pitt Blockhouse Bouquet blockhouse.JPG Pittsburgh 1764 Defense Oldest structure in Pittsburgh and one of the oldest colonial structures west of the Allegheny Mountains
Concord School House (Philadelphia) 42-ConcordSchool.jpg Philadelphia 1775 School
Harris Cameron Mansion John Harris-Simon Cameron House Nov 10.JPG Harrisburg 1766 House One of the oldest structures in Harrisburg built right after the French and Indian War.
The Headhouse at New Market WTP C14 AMP 1.jpg Philadelphia 1804 Firehouse Oldest firehouse in the United States
Dickson Tavern The Dickson Tavern.JPG Erie 1815 Commercial Oldest building in Erie
Academy Hall Academy Hall, Edinboro University.jpg Edinboro University 1857 Educational Oldest normal school building in Pennsylvania
Sturgis Pretzel House Lititz 1861 Commercial Oldest commercial pretzel bakery in the United States[4]
Leap-The-Dips Leap The Dips (Lakemont Park).jpg Altoona 1902 Entertainment Oldest wooden roller coaster in the United States


See also

References

  1. ^ 1724 Court House, Chester, PA
  2. ^ "Augustus Lutheran Church". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=749&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2007-11-08. 
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. no date specified. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  4. ^ http://www.fieldtrip.com/pa/76264354.htm Accessed July 27, 2007

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