List of the oldest buildings in Delaware

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of Delaware in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in Delaware and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendrochronology, 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 Block House Claymont, Delaware 1654 Defense Possibly the oldest building in Delaware, however, some date the building to ca. 1723 Ryves Holt House Lewes, Delaware 1665 Residence Likely the oldest house in Delaware Town Point Dover, Delaware 1677 Residence Lombardy Hall Wilmington, Delaware 1683 (earliest part) Residence National Historic Landmark (NHL), home to Gunning Bedford Jr., a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and a signer of the U.S. Constitution. Belmont Hall Smyrna, Delaware 1685 (earliest part) Residence large Georgian addition built about 1753 by Thomas Collins, who would become the sixth governor of Delaware. Hendrickson House Wilmington, Delaware from Chester, Pennsylvania 1690 Residence Moved from Chester, PA to Wilmington, DE in 1958 Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) Wilmington, Delaware 1698 Religious Oldest Swedish Church in the United States Brecknock Camden, Delaware ca. 1700 Residence Dutch House Newcastle, Delaware 1701 Residence Built either in the mid 1690s or 1701. Historic home and museumMaston HouseSeaford, Delaware

1703 Historic Home and residenceWoodstock House[Wilmington, Delaware]1727Residence New Castle County Court House New Castle, Delaware 1732 Government One of the oldest continuously used courthouses in America Prince George's Chapel Dagsboro, Delaware 1755 Religious Episcopal chapel of ease Barratt's Chapel Frederica, Delaware 1780 Religious Oldest Methodist church building in the U.S. Pratt House Milford, Delaware 1785 Residential Former home of the influential Pratt family.

See also List of the oldest buildings in the United States National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware

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