Charlemont · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Charlemont
159 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 110 of them buildings, with 8 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 14 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1742Rice, Moses - Warner, Charles Didley House · 7 Main St · Colonial; Federal
- 1752Rice, Samuel House · 14 Harmony Heights · Greek Revival; No style
- 1780Adams, Gen. Hap House · 7 East Oxbow Rd · Colonial
- 1787Charlemont Stage House - Charlemont Inn · 107 Main St · FederalNational Register
- 1790Warner, N. G. House · 98 Main St · FederalNational Register
- 1790Rice, Charles H. Boarding House · 97 Main St · Greek Revival; No styleNational Register
- 1800Unnamed in the inventory · 1015 Rt 2 · Federal
- 1800Unnamed in the inventory · 456 Zoar Rd · Federal
- 1800Unnamed in the inventory · 727 Tea St · Federal; Greek Revival
- 1800Unnamed in the inventory · 1593 Rt 2 · Federal
- 1800Unnamed in the inventory · 1151 Rt 2
- 1800Unnamed in the inventory · 1115 Rt 2 · 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 Charlemont Is Built In
- Greek Revival21
- Federal16
- Greek Revival; No style7
- No style; Victorian Eclectic4
- Victorian Eclectic4
- Federal; Greek Revival3
- Italianate; Victorian Eclectic2
- Federal; No style2
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
86 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 9 historic areas in town: Charlemont Center District; Charlemont Center Village; East Charlemont….
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.