The Oldest Houses in Buckland

The Oldest on the Inventory

• 1700Cranson House · 138 Clesson Brook Rd · Colonial; Greek Revival; No style
• 1750Hathaway House · 2 Clesson Brook Rd · Colonial
• 1750Unnamed in the inventory · 26 Upper St · Colonial
• 1750Kenney, Orta House · 104 Clesson Brook Rd · Colonial; No style
• 1750Pomeroy, Enos House · 11 Clesson Brook Rd · Colonial
• 1770Taylor, Samuel House · 8 Charlemont Rd · Colonial
• 1770Unnamed in the inventory · 62 Conway St · Colonial
• 1774Coleman, Nathaniel - Gershom House · 32 Sears St · Colonial; Federal
• 1775Unnamed in the inventory · 56 Conway St · Colonial
• 1775Wilder Homestead, The · 129 Ashfield Rd · Federal; GeorgianNational Register
• 1775Gardner, J. W. House · 14 Ashfield Rd · Greek Revival
• 1776Taylor, Erastus House · 19 Depot Rd · Italianate; No style

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 Buckland Is Built In

• Greek Revival23
• Colonial19
• Colonial; No style14
• Federal10
• Victorian Eclectic8
• Greek Revival; No style7
• Federal; Greek Revival6
• Italianate; No style5

Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.

What Listing Actually Means Here

21 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 7 historic areas in town: Shelburne Falls Business District; Shelburne Falls Historic District; Gardner Falls Hydroelectric Power Station….

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.