<P> This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of New York, including the oldest houses and any other surviving structures . 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 indicative of the date of construction; a report by an architectural historian; or dendrochronology . Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture . Only houses built prior to 1725 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type . If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Building </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> First Built </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brooklyn </Td> <Td> 1652 </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving structure in New York City </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Billiou--Stillwell--Perine House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1662 </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving structure in Staten Island </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bronck House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Coxsackie </Td> <Td> 1663 </Td> <Td> Oldest house in Upstate New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brewster House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> East Setauket </Td> <Td> 1665 </Td> <Td> One of the oldest houses on Long Island </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Bowne House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Flushing </Td> <Td> 1669 </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving structure in Queens; once hosted a well - known Quaker meeting </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cubberly - Britton Cottage </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1670 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Abraham Manee House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1670 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Timothy Knapp House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rye </Td> <Td> 1670 </Td> <Td> Listed on National Register of Historic Places </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ariaanje Coeymans House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Coeymans </Td> <Td> 1675 </Td> <Td> There is another Coeymans house a mile south of this one, on the Hannacroix Creek . Date unknown . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Conference House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1675 </Td> <Td> Listed as a National Historic Landmark </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jans Martense Schenck house </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brooklyn </Td> <Td> 1675 </Td> <Td> Originally in Flatlands; installed within the Brooklyn Museum 1964 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Senate House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> City of Kingston </Td> <Td> 1676 </Td> <Td> New York State Constitution written and signed here </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Van Leuven - Bevier House Museum </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Marbletown </Td> <Td> 1680 </Td> <Td> Built by Andries Pieterse Van Leuven in 1680, on land he purchased from the Esopus Indians . Currently houses the Ulster County Historical Society </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Van Nostrand - Starkins House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roslyn </Td> <Td> 1680 </Td> <Td> Main Street Historic District (Roslyn, New York) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Halsey House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Village of Southampton </Td> <Td> 1683 </Td> <Td> 1683 build date according to the local historical society in Southampton http://www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org/ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Philipse Manor Hall </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yonkers </Td> <Td> 1682 </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving structure in Westchester County . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sleepy Hollow </Td> <Td> 1685 </Td> <Td> Possibly the oldest surviving church in the state . May date only to 1697, which would place it 2nd to Flushing Meeting House, Queens . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alice Austen House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1690 </Td> <Td> Built by a Dutch merchant then remodeled in the Gothic Revival Style in 1844 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jeremiah Conklin House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Amagansett </Td> <Td> 1690 </Td> <Td> Built by Jeremiah Conkling and his wife Mary, daughter of Lion Gardiner, first English settler of New York colony </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph Whitman House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> West Hills, Long Island </Td> <Td> 1692 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old Quaker Meeting House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Flushing </Td> <Td> 1694 </Td> <Td> Oldest religious building in New York City still standing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Voorlezer's House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1695 </Td> <Td> Oldest school house in America </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joachim Staats House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staats Island, Rensselaer County </Td> <Td> 1696 </Td> <Td> Called Hoogebergh, meaning "high hill", the house has remained the family homestead since it was erected by Joachim Staats in 1696 . William Staats, a 9th generation Hoogebergh inhabitant, details the history of the house and chronicles the family anecdotes of the 20th century in his book, Three Centuries on the Hudson River . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cutchogue </Td> <Td> 1699 </Td> <Td> Dated by dendrochronology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> De Wint House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tappan </Td> <Td> 1700 </Td> <Td> Washington Revolutionary headquarters; one of the oldest surviving buildings in Rockland County </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ezra Carll Homestead </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> South Huntington, Long Island </Td> <Td> 1700 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jarvis - Fleet House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Huntington, Long Island </Td> <Td> 1700 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lispenard--Rodman--Davenport House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New Rochelle </Td> <Td> 1700 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Village of Rhinebeck </Td> <Td> 1766 </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving inn in America and oldest structure in the village . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tobias van Steenburgh House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kingston </Td> <Td> 1700 </Td> <Td> One of the few buildings in Kingston not burned in 1777 by British troops </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Treasure House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1700 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tysen - Neville House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1700 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crailo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rensselaer </Td> <Td> 1704 </Td> <Td> Residence of Hendrick van Rensselaer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Wood House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Huntington Station, Long Island </Td> <Td> 1704 </Td> <Td> Built by a Dutch merchant then remodeled in the Gothic Revival Style in 1844 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mabee House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rotterdam </Td> <Td> 1705 </Td> <Td> The oldest house in the Mohawk Valley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jan Van Loon House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Village of Athens </Td> <Td> 1706 </Td> <Td> One of the oldest houses in Greene County </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Madam Brett Homestead </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Beacon </Td> <Td> 1709 </Td> <Td> Oldest building in Dutchess County, first house on Rombout Patent, on National Register </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gomez Mill House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Town of Newburgh </Td> <Td> 1712 </Td> <Td> Oldest known extant residence of a Jewish American </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lewis Pintard House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New Rochelle </Td> <Td> 1710 </Td> <Td> Home of Revolutionary War patriot Lewis Pintard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fraunces Tavern </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lower Manhattan </Td> <Td> 1719 </Td> <Td> Etienne "Stephen" DeLancey built the current building as his house; tavern since 1762 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brinckerhoff House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fishkill, NY </Td> <Td> 1717 </Td> <Td> Originally two - room stone cottage used as a trading post and later rebuilt as a mansion . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pieter Winne House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Selkirk, Albany County </Td> <Td> 1720 </Td> <Td> Purportedly the oldest house in the Town of Bethlehem </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hendrick I. Lott House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brooklyn </Td> <Td> 1720 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jan Van Hoesen House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Claverack </Td> <Td> c. 1720 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Oakley House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> West Hills, Long Island </Td> <Td> c. 1720 </Td> <Td> The original structure was built about 1720 and expanded in the 1780s . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bull Stone House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hamptonburgh </Td> <Td> 1720s </Td> <Td> Property also contains the oldest intact Dutch barn in the state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kreuzer - Pelton House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1722 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Albertus Van Loon House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Village of Athens </Td> <Td> 1724 </Td> <Td> Possibly the second - oldest house in Greene County </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Abraham Yates House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Schenectady </Td> <Td> ca . 1725 </Td> <Td> Possibly the oldest house in Schenectady </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French Castle at Fort Niagara </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Village of Youngstown </Td> <Td> 1726 </Td> <Td> Oldest building on the Great lakes and one of the longest continuously run military bases in the United States, 1726--present - day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 48 Hudson Avenue </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Albany </Td> <Td> 1728 </Td> <Td> Oldest stand - alone structure in Albany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lent Homestead </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> East Elmhurst, Queens </Td> <Td> 1729 </Td> <Td> The western portion of the house may date to 1654 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Benner House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Village of Rhinebeck </Td> <Td> 1730 </Td> <Td> 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 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> King Mansion </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jamaica </Td> <Td> 1730 </Td> <Td> The rear section of the house dates to 1730, the left section to 1755, the main structure (right section) to 1806 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Suydam House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Centerport, Long Island </Td> <Td> c. 1730 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Rogers House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dix Hills, Long Island </Td> <Td> 1732 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Queen Anne Parsonage </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fort Hunter </Td> <Td> 1734 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cornelius Van Wyck House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Douglaston </Td> <Td> 1735 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicoll - Sill House--Bethlehem House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Selkirk, Albany County </Td> <Td> c1735 </Td> <Td> Home of Rensselaer Nicoll and Elizabeth Salisbury Nicoll </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jacob Smith House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> West Hills, Long Island </Td> <Td> c. 1740 </Td> <Td> The home consists of a three - bay, 1 1 ⁄ 2 - story saltbox built about 1740 and a five - bay, 1 1 ⁄ 2 - story dwelling with a shed roof wing added about 1830 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lake - Tysen House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1740 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kasparus Westervelt House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Town of Poughkeepsie </Td> <Td> 1745 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stoothoff--Baxter--Kouwenhaven House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brooklyn </Td> <Td> 1747 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Van Cortlandt House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Van Cortlandt Park </Td> <Td> 1748 </Td> <Td> Oldest building in the Bronx </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Creedmoor (Cornell) Farmhouse </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Glen Oaks </Td> <Td> 1750 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Conklin House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Huntington, Long Island </Td> <Td> c. 1750 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ireland - Gardiner Farm </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Greenlawn, Long Island </Td> <Td> c. 1750 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Isaac Losee House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Huntington, Long Island </Td> <Td> c. 1750 </Td> <Td> One of the oldest private residences on Long Island </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Smith Farmstead </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Huntington Station, Long Island </Td> <Td> c. 1750 </Td> <Td> Built about 1750 and remodelled in the 1860s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steenburgh Tavern </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rhinebeck </Td> <Td> 1750 </Td> <Td> German vernacular stone house built into a hillside with an unusual sweeping Dutch roof </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Old 76 House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tappan </Td> <Td> 1754 </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving building in Rockland County; third oldest public house in America; Maj . John Andre held before trial and hanging in Tappan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Christopher House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1756 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Valentine--Varian House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Norwood </Td> <Td> 1758 </Td> <Td> Second oldest house in the Bronx </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Strawberry Hill </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rhinebeck </Td> <Td> 1762 </Td> <Td> The National Register of Historic Places called this the most monumental stone farmhouse in Northern Dutchess County . Built by Henry Beekman in 1762 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Paul's Chapel </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Manhattan </Td> <Td> 1764 </Td> <Td> Third oldest surviving church in New York City, after the Flushing Friends Meeting House (1694) and St. Andrew's Church, Staten Island (1709). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Morris--Jumel Mansion </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Manhattan </Td> <Td> 1765 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wyckoff--Bennett Homestead </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brooklyn </Td> <Td> 1766 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indian Castle Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Danube </Td> <Td> 1769 </Td> <Td> Only colonial Indian missionary church surviving in the state, and the only Iroquois building surviving from its time </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boehm - Frost House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1770 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kingsland Homestead </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Flushing </Td> <Td> 1774 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lefferts Homestead </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brooklyn </Td> <Td> 1777 </Td> <Td> Moved to Prospect Park from its original location at 563 Flatbush Avenue </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dyckman House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Inwood, Manhattan </Td> <Td> 1784 </Td> <Td> Only remaining original farmhouse in Manhattan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward Mooney House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Manhattan </Td> <Td> 1785 </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving row house in Manhattan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stone - Tolan House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brighton, New York </Td> <Td> c. 1792 </Td> <Td> A Federal - style structure said to be the oldest surviving building in Monroe County </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joost Van Nuyse House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Flatlands, Brooklyn </Td> <Td> 1793 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bridge Cafe </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Manhattan </Td> <Td> 1795 </Td> <Td> Oldest wooden building in Manhattan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Flatbush </Td> <Td> 1796 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Blackwell House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roosevelt Island </Td> <Td> 1796 </Td> <Td> 40 ° 45 ′ 37" N 73 ° 57 ′ 4" W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.76028 ° N 73.95111 ° W ﻿ / 40.76028; - 73.95111' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Van Nuyse - Magaw House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brooklyn </Td> <Td> 1800 </Td> <Td> 1041 East 22nd Street (1) 40 ° 37 ′ 36.5" N 73 ° 57 ′ 15.5" W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.626806 ° N 73.954306 ° W ﻿ / 40.626806; - 73.954306 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wadsworth Homestead </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Geneseo, New York </Td> <Td> 1804 </Td> <Td> Built in 1804 by James Wadsworth who came to Geneseo in 1790 . Originally a two - story foursquare home . Enlarged in 1815 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> J. Crew and liquor store </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Manhattan, New York </Td> <Td> 1809 </Td> <Td> 235 W Broadway . Small Federal style row house </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Willets Point Farmhouse </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bayside, now Fort Totten </Td> <Td> 1829 </Td> <Td> Built by Charles and Martha Willet and eventually moved to Fort Totten . The fort itself was built in 1857, and an Officer's Club was built in 1870 which is now home to the Bayside Historical Society . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cantonment Farm </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1812 </Td> <Td> This private residence is the last standing officers' barracks built in 1812 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Putnam County Court House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Carmel </Td> <Td> 1814 </Td> <Td> Second oldest courthouse in the United States that remains in use </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clarkson Community Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Clarkson, New York </Td> <Td> 1825 </Td> <Td> This Protestant church, perhaps the oldest in western Monroe County, was established in 1816 and has operated continuously since that date . The original 1825 Colonial structure, with a 100' steeple, has had two subsequent additions (in 1967 and in 1985). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dash home </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Eden, NY </Td> <Td> 1816 </Td> <Td> Has been consistently lived in since 1816 . The property backs up to 18 mile creek & has a tributary with 5 waterfalls . There are 200 year old black walnut, apple & mulberry trees also on the property . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> LaTourette House </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Staten Island </Td> <Td> 1836 </Td> <Td> 1836 brick Federal - style building now used as clubhouse for city - owned golf course . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anshe Slonim Synagogue </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lower Manhattan </Td> <Td> 1849 </Td> <Td> Oldest surviving synagogue building in New York City </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 203 East 29th Street </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kips Bay, Manhattan </Td> <Td> 1790 / 1870 </Td> <Td> Private owned house dated back from 1790 or 1870 based on different sources . Listed in National Register of Historic Places </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Building </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> First Built </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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