Deerfield · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Deerfield
112 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 95 of them buildings, with 3 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 25 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1689Childs, Samuel House · 8 Old Main St · GeorgianNational Historic Landmark
- 1707Williams, Rev. John - Williams, Maj. Elijah House · 14 Albany Rd · GeorgianNational Historic Landmark
- 1714Hawks, Eleazer - Russell, Elijah House · 25 Old Main St · FederalNational Historic Landmark
- 1720Old Tack Art Studio and Gallery · 147 Mill Village Rd · Colonial
- 1720Nims, John House · 58 Old Main St · GeorgianNational Historic Landmark
- 1730Childs, Timothy House · 43 Old Main St · GeorgianNational Historic Landmark
- 1732Severance, Joseph House · 100 Old Main St · FederalNational Historic Landmark
- 1734Allen House · 104 Old Main St · ColonialNational Historic Landmark
- 1734Ashley, Rev. Jonathan House and Barn · 129 Old Main St · GeorgianNational Historic Landmark
- 1740Williams, John Jr. House · 53-55 Old Main St · FederalNational Historic Landmark
- 1741Arms, John House · 26 Old Main St · GeorgianNational Historic Landmark
- 1747Wells, Ebenezer - Thorne House · 52 Old Main St · Colonial; GeorgianNational Historic Landmark
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 Deerfield Is Built In
- Federal19
- Colonial Revival14
- Georgian13
- Italianate8
- Colonial7
- Greek Revival4
- Cape; Colonial Revival3
- Victorian Eclectic3
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
75 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. 14 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. 88 are National Historic Landmarks. The inventory maps 2 historic areas in town: Gunn - Sadoski Farm; Old Deerfield Village 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.