<Li> be freestanding (not a ruin or mound, as there are separate lists for those); and / or </Li> <Li> be the oldest congregation of its type (denomination). </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Cathedral of San Juan Bautista </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> San Juan, Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> PR </Td> <Td> 1521--1540 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> The oldest church built in the United States and in the (non incorporated) U.S. territory of Puerto Rico . The original cathedral was constructed from wood in 1521 . It was destroyed by a hurricane and the current structure constructed in 1540, being reshaped in later centuries, the last time being in 1917 . Building has been within the territory of the U.S. since 1898, when Puerto Rico was annexed from Spain . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Porta Coeli Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> San Germán, Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> PR </Td> <Td> 1609 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> The second oldest church structure in the United States and in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> San Miguel Mission </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Santa Fe, New Mexico </Td> <Td> NM </Td> <Td> Before 1626 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> The oldest church built in the continental US . The original adobe walls and altar were built by the Tlaxcalan Indians from Mexico, but much of the structure was rebuilt in 1710 . Building has been within the U.S. since 1848, when the US annexed New Mexico territory following the Mexican--American War . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jamestown Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jamestown, Virginia </Td> <Td> VA </Td> <Td> 1647 (Completed) </Td> <Td> Anglican </Td> <Td> Only floor tiles and foundations remain from the first brick church (with a tower added sometime earlier or later) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> San Estevan Del Rey Mission Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Acoma, New Mexico </Td> <Td> NM </Td> <Td> 1649 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Church of Saint Blaise of Illescas </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Coamo, Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> PR </Td> <Td> 1661 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Trinity Church, Maryland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Church Creek, Maryland </Td> <Td> MD </Td> <Td> 1675 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the continental US . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Mary's, Whitechapel </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lancaster County, Virginia </Td> <Td> VA </Td> <Td> 1675 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Third Haven Meeting House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Talbot County, Maryland </Td> <Td> MD </Td> <Td> 1681--84 </Td> <Td> Quaker (Friends) </Td> <Td> Oldest Quaker meeting house in the United States . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Ship Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hingham, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1681 </Td> <Td> Puritan, Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist </Td> <Td> Only remaining 17th - century Puritan meetinghouse in the US . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Luke's Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Smithfield, Virginia </Td> <Td> VA </Td> <Td> 1682 </Td> <Td> Anglican, Episcopal after American Revolution, currently non-denominational and does not have a congregation . </Td> <Td> National Historic Landmark </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Indian Meeting House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mashpee, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1684 </Td> <Td> Congregational / Native American </Td> <Td> Oldest Native American church </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Church of Saint Germanus of Auxerre </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> San Germán, Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> PR </Td> <Td> 1688 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Quaker Meeting House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Flushing, New York </Td> <Td> NY </Td> <Td> 1694 </Td> <Td> Quaker (Friends) </Td> <Td> Oldest religious building in New York City . The only surviving example in New York State of a typical 17th - century ecclesiastical frame structure of medieval design . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sleepy Hollow, New York </Td> <Td> NY </Td> <Td> 1697 (completed) </Td> <Td> Dutch Reformed </Td> <Td> Oldest church building in New York state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Grace Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yorktown, Virginia </Td> <Td> VA </Td> <Td> 1697 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Norriton Presbyterian Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Montgomery County, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1698 </Td> <Td> Presbyterian </Td> <Td> Oldest Surviving church in Pennsylvania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wilmington, Delaware </Td> <Td> DE </Td> <Td> 1698 </Td> <Td> Lutheran / Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest Swedish Church in the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Friends Meeting House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Newport, Rhode Island </Td> <Td> RI </Td> <Td> 1699 </Td> <Td> Quaker (Friends) </Td> <Td> Quaker Meeting House, oldest surviving church in Rhode Island </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gloria Dei (Old Swedes' Church) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1700 </Td> <Td> Lutheran / Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving church in Philadelphia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Portsmouth, Rhode Island </Td> <Td> RI </Td> <Td> 1700 </Td> <Td> Quaker (Friends) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Six Principle Baptist Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> North Kingstown, Rhode Island </Td> <Td> RI </Td> <Td> 1703 </Td> <Td> Baptist </Td> <Td> Possibly oldest surviving Baptist church building in the U.S. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Mary's Episcopal Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burlington, New Jersey </Td> <Td> NJ </Td> <Td> 1703 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest church in New Jersey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rehoboth Presbyterian Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rehoboth, Maryland </Td> <Td> MD </Td> <Td> 1706 </Td> <Td> Presbyterian </Td> <Td> Oldest continuously operated Presbyterian church in the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Andrews Episcopal Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charleston, South Carolina </Td> <Td> SC </Td> <Td> 1706 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest church in South Carolina </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Narragansett Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wickford, Rhode Island </Td> <Td> RI </Td> <Td> 1707 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving colonial Episcopal church in Northeastern USA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Michael's Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Marblehead, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1714 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving Episcopal church building in New England on its original foundation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Merion Friends Meeting House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Merion Station, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1715 </Td> <Td> Quaker (Friends) </Td> <Td> Third oldest Friends meeting house in the United States, and oldest place of worship in Pennsylvania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old North Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Boston, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1723 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest active church building in Boston and a National Historic Landmark, the Old North Church (formal name: Christ Church in the City of Boston) is the location from which the famous signal lanterns are said to have been displayed for Paul Revere's midnight ride during the American Revolution . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trinity Church, Newport </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Newport, Rhode Island </Td> <Td> RI </Td> <Td> 1726 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest Episcopal Parish in Rhode Island </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. John's Episcopal Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hampton, Virginia </Td> <Td> VA </Td> <Td> 1728 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest Episcopal Parish in the New World </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Christ Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nanjemoy, Maryland </Td> <Td> MD </Td> <Td> 1732 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest Episcopal congregation in Maryland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Thomas Episcopal Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bath, North Carolina </Td> <Td> NC </Td> <Td> 1734 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest church in North Carolina </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cathedral of San Fernando </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> San Antonio, Texas </Td> <Td> TX </Td> <Td> 1738 </Td> <Td> Catholic </Td> <Td> Oldest church in Texas . Oldest RC Cathedral in contiguous United States . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Paul's Episcopal Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Norfolk, Virginia </Td> <Td> VA </Td> <Td> 1739 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest Surviving Building in The City of Norfolk . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Augustus Lutheran Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Trappe, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1743 </Td> <Td> Lutheran </Td> <Td> Oldest unaltered Lutheran Church in use by the same congregation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> King's Chapel </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Boston, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1754 </Td> <Td> Unitarian Christian </Td> <Td> Oldest continually used religious site in Boston, present church building 1754 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Michael's Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charleston, South Carolina </Td> <Td> SC </Td> <Td> 1752--1761 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest church edifice in Downtown Charleston, SC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Paul's Chapel </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New York, New York </Td> <Td> NY </Td> <Td> 1766 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest church building in Manhattan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mission San Diego de Alcala </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> San Diego, California </Td> <Td> CA </Td> <Td> 1769 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> First of the 21 California Missions, oldest church in use in California </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Falls Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Falls Church, Virginia </Td> <Td> VA </Td> <Td> 1769 </Td> <Td> Epsicopal </Td> <Td> First church in Falls Church, Virginia and established by the colonial Virginia Assembly in May 1732 for the land north of the Occoquan River </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barratt's Chapel </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frederica, Delaware </Td> <Td> DE </Td> <Td> 1780 </Td> <Td> Methodist </Td> <Td> Second oldest Methodist church building in the U.S. built for that purpose (the oldest is St. George's in Philadelphia, PA, built in 1769) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mission San Juan Capistrano </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> San Juan Capistrano </Td> <Td> CA </Td> <Td> 1782 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wyandot Mission Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Upper Sandusky </Td> <Td> OH </Td> <Td> 1824 </Td> <Td> Methodist </Td> <Td> The oldest Methodist mission church in America </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Cathedral of San Juan Bautista </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> San Juan, Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> PR </Td> <Td> 1521--1540 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> The oldest church built in the United States and in the (non incorporated) U.S. territory of Puerto Rico . The original cathedral was constructed from wood in 1521 . It was destroyed by a hurricane and the current structure constructed in 1540, being reshaped in later centuries, the last time being in 1917 . Building has been within the territory of the U.S. since 1898, when Puerto Rico was annexed from Spain . </Td> </Tr>

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