Brimfield · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Brimfield
208 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 154 of them buildings, with 7 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 24 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1737Nichols, Jabez House · 104 Monson Rd · Federal
- 1738Converse, Marquis - Tarbell, Charles House · 7 Brookfield Rd · Federal; Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1748Brown, Jonathon House · 50 Tower Hill Rd · Colonial Revival; Georgian
- 1750Allen House · 228 Little Alum Pond Rd · Greek Revival
- 1750Danielson, John - Tarbell, Elias House · 104 Paige Hill Rd · Federal
- 1750Bliss, Thomas House · 120 Tower Hill Rd · Georgian
- 1750Noyes, Gilman B. House · 53 Prospect Hill Rd · Georgian
- 1760Witherell - Brown, Clark House · 24 Brookfield Rd · ColonialNational Register
- 1775Williams, Lewis and Ebenezer - Morgan, John House · 9 Main St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1775Tower Hill Schoolhouse · 131 Tower Hill Rd · Greek Revival
- 1776Morgan, Aaron - Ward, William House · 50 Warren Rd · Georgian
- 1776Powers, Isaac House · 124 Brimfield-Palmer Rd
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 Brimfield Is Built In
- Federal29
- Greek Revival22
- Victorian Eclectic8
- Federal; Greek Revival7
- Italianate6
- Cape; Postwar Traditional6
- Georgian6
- Colonial Revival4
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
71 of the town's inventoried resources are on the National Register, an honour that, for a private owner, restricts almost nothing. No local historic district binds owners here. The inventory maps 13 historic areas in town: Brimfield Center Historic District; Little Rest; Little Alum Pond Area….
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.