This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Utah, including extant buildings and structures constructed before and during American rule over Utah. Only buildings built prior to 1870 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type.
To qualify for the list, a structure must: be a recognizable building (defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy); incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least in height and/or be a listed building.
This consciously excludes ruins of limited height, roads and statues. Bridges may be included if they otherwise fulfill the above criteria. Dates for many of the oldest structures have been arrived at by radiocarbon dating or dendrochronology and should be considered approximate. If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates.
Prehistoric
BuildingImage Location First built UseNotes Ruins Hovenweep National Monument Bluff, Utah ca. 900 ADResidences Ancient ruins Ruins Dark Canyon Ruins Blanding, Utah 1200 ADResidences Ancient ruins
19th century
BuildingImage Location First built UseNotes Miles Goodyear Cabin Ogden, Utah 1845 Residence Oldest extant non-native building in Utah. Constructed by mountain man Miles Goodyear as part of Fort Buenaventura. Currently displayed outside the Weber County Daughters of Utah Pioneers museum. Deuel Cabin Salt Lake City, Utah 1847 Residence One of two surviving cabins from Salt Lake City's Pioneer Fort. Built for Mormon pioneers Osmyn & Mary Deuel. Currently displayed outside the Church History Museum. Riter Cabin Salt Lake City, Utah 1847 Residence The other surviving cabin from Salt Lake City's Pioneer Fort. Built for Mormon pioneers Levi & Rebecca Riter. Currently displayed at This Is the Place Heritage Park. Isaac Chase Mill Liberty Park (Salt Lake City) 1847–1852 Mill One of oldest buildings in Utah from nineteenth century settlement eraFielding Garr RanchAntelope Island1848ResidenceSaid to be the oldest building in Utah still on its original foundation. Robert Gardner Jr. House Millcreek, Utah 1848 Residence Likely oldest residence in Utah.Utah's oldest home restored to recall historic past By Jasen Lee, Deseret News | Posted – October 6, 2018, https://www.ksl.com/article/46401413/utahs-oldest-home-restored-to-recall-historic-pastUtah Territorial StatehouseFillmore, Utah1853StatehouseHome of Utah's first Territorial Legislature Clark–Taylor House Provo, Utah 1854 Residence One of oldest buildings in UtahAlien D. Roberts (June 30, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clark–Taylor House". National Park Service.Anson Call HouseBountiful, Utah1855 - 1859ResidenceOne of the oldest buildings in Utah Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts Salt Lake City, Utah 1856 Residence Oldest house in Salt Lake City Seely Barn Mt. Pleasant, Utah 1862 Barn Oldest barn in UT"Salt Lake author 'listens' to stories told by Utah barns" https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=56894928&itype=CMSIDBountiful TabernacleBountiful, Utah1863Church, TabernacleOne of the oldest large gathering places still standing in Utah
See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah History of Utah Oldest buildings in the United States List of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in Utah
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