<P> This article attempts to list the oldest extant, freestanding buildings constructed in the United States and its territories . The list includes sites in current states and territories which were not part of the original Thirteen Colonies when the United States of America was founded in 1776 . Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Building </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> State </Th> <Th> First Built </Th> <Th> Use </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ancestral Puebloan communities </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah </Td> <Td> NM AZ CO UT </Td> <Td> 750--Pueblo construction begins in AD 750 and continues to present </Td> <Td> Villages </Td> <Td> Majority of settlements abandoned, but some very well preserved . Buildings have been within the United States since the Mexican Cession of 1848 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Taos Pueblo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> north of the modern city of Taos </Td> <Td> NM </Td> <Td> 1000--Built between 1000 and 1450 </Td> <Td> Residential </Td> <Td> Said to be the oldest continuously inhabited houses still occupied . Buildings have been within the United States since the Mexican Cession of 1848 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Acoma Pueblo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> on top of a 367 - foot (112 m) sandstone mesa in Cibola County </Td> <Td> NM </Td> <Td> 1000--Built between 1000 and 1200 </Td> <Td> Residential </Td> <Td> Said to be the oldest continuously inhabited site in the United States . Buildings have been within the United States since the Mexican Cession of 1848 . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Building </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> State </Th> <Th> First Built </Th> <Th> Use </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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