The Oldest Houses in Alford
40 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 31 of them buildings, with 3 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 13 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1755Kelsey, Stephen House · 42 West Rd
- 1761Barrett, Eleazer House · 16 Green River Rd · Greek Revival
- 1765Fowler, Abithy House · 371 West Rd · Georgian
- 1770Hurlburt, Dr. John House · 10 West Rd
- 1780Kellogg, Abner House · 241 West Rd
- 1784Williams, Cornelius and Anna Kelsey House · 66 Rt 71
- 1790Ticnor, Daniel Jr. and Ann Chadwick House · 4 North Egremont Rd · Federal
- 1791Darby, George Jr. Ordinary · 77 Rt 71
- 1797Johns, Aaron House · 170 East Rd
- 1799Fitch, Sanford House and Marble Quarry · 192 East Rd
- 1800Barrett, Capt. Daniel Chair Manufacturing Company · 16 Alford Rd
- 1801Lester, Elihu House · 19 Old Barrington Rd · Federal
Dates are the surveyor's attribution, often approximate. Names are the inventory's own historic designations. These are private homes unless a museum says otherwise, admire from the road.
What Alford Is Built In
- Greek Revival11
- Federal6
- Greek Revival; Victorian Eclectic1
- Federal; Greek Revival1
- Georgian1
- Federal; Victorian Eclectic1
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
6 sit in a local historic district, where exterior changes need a commission's sign-off, the designation with teeth. The inventory maps 2 historic areas in town: Alford Town Center; Alford Center Historic District.
Old Houses Nearby
The nearest towns, and the age of their housing stock.
From the Desk
RE413 News: what to check before you buy an old house here. Built from the same public record as the figures on this page.
Sources
- Massachusetts Historical Commission inventory; assessors' parcel rolls for the age corroboration. Checked 2026-08-05.
"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.