Egremont · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Egremont
263 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 211 of them buildings, with 39 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
- 1743Welch, Samuel and Hannah - Loomis, Daniel and Elizabeth Karner House · 88 Blunt Rd · Colonial
- 1744Westover - Bacon - Potts House · 62 Undermountain Rd · Colonial; GeorgianPreservation restriction
- 1750Spoor, Cornelis House · 2 Boice Rd · ColonialNational Register
- 1750Karner, Jacob and Lucy Kellogg - Crippen, Joel Jr. and Elizabeth Loomis House · 216 Hillsdale Rd · Colonial
- 1753Allen, Daniel House · 37 Undermountain Rd · Colonial; Federal
- 1761Tuller, John and Anna Karner House · 25 Sheffield Rd · ColonialNational Register
- 1762Bradford, Uri Farm - Guilder House · 96 Jug End Rd · Federal
- 1763Egremont Plain Tavern and Post Office · 2 Pumpkin Hollow Rd · Federal
- 1764Grant, Cornelius Spoor House · 249 Egremont Plain Rd · ColonialNational Register
- 1767Egremont Meetinghouse · 164 Hillsdale Rd
- 1775Hollenbeck - Benjamin House · 240 Jug End Rd · Federal
- 1780Karner Cottage · 37 Undermountain Rd · Colonial
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 Egremont Is Built In
- Greek Revival39
- Federal31
- Italianate9
- Federal; Greek Revival8
- Colonial8
- Queen Anne5
- Craftsman4
- Victorian Eclectic4
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
123 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. 4 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 8 historic areas in town: South Egremont Village Historic District; North Egremont Historic District; Jug End Resort….
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.