Chicopee · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Chicopee
820 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 673 of them buildings, with 89 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 3 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1750Smith, Quartus J. House · 209 Prospect St · Georgian
- 1760McKinstry, Rev. John House · 30 McKinstry Ave · Georgian
- 1780Chapin, Levi House · 238-240 Springfield St · Federal; No styleNational Register + local district
- 1800Pendleton, John House · 288 Old Pendleton Ave · Federal; No style
- 1810Ferry, Lewis House · 98 Chicopee St · Federal
- 1820Wright, Eber - Pendleton, Clossen House · 994 Chicopee St · Federal; No style
- 1824First Congregational Church · 302 Chicopee St · Federal; Greek Revival
- 1825Belcher and Taylor Agricultural Tool Worker Housing · 106 Taylor St · Federal
- 1830Bellamy, Edward House · 91 Church St · Greek RevivalNational Historic Landmark
- 1830First Congregational Church Parsonage · 302 Chicopee St · Greek Revival
- 1830Woods, Henry - Bemis, S. C. House · 188 Chicopee St · Greek Revival; No style
- 1830Pendleton, John House · 340 Pendleton Ave · Federal; Greek Revival
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 Chicopee Is Built In
- Greek Revival142
- Queen Anne92
- Colonial Revival67
- Italianate47
- Victorian Eclectic27
- Classical Revival23
- Greek Revival; Italianate16
- Craftsman15
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
286 of the town's inventoried resources are on the National Register, an honour that, for a private owner, restricts almost nothing. 204 sit in a local historic district, where exterior changes need a commission's sign-off, the designation with teeth. 1 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. 1 is a National Historic Landmark. The inventory maps 33 historic areas in town: Ames Manufacturing Company; Dwight Manufacturing Company Housing; Church of the Holy Name of Jesus Complex….
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.