The Oldest Houses in Florida
51 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 18 of them buildings, with 15 recorded as demolished and excluded below.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1806Burnett, Sen. Issac House · 68 Savoy Rd
- 1824First Florida Baptist Church · 54 Church Rd
- 1830Clark Farm · South County Rd
- 1838Drury, Nathan House · 209 South County Rd · Federal
- 1840Pike, J. House · 18 Whitcomb Hill Rd · Greek Revival
- 1850Baptist Church Parsonage · 223 South County Rd
- 1860Preston House · 78 Church Rd
- 1861Florida Baptist Church · 71 Church Rd · Greek Revival
- 1885North School House · 71 Monroe Rd
- 1922Florida Town Hall, Old · Church Rd
- 1925Whitcomb Summit - Storage Garage · 229 Mohawk Trl
- 1925Whitcomb Summit - Cabin #11 · 229 Mohawk Trl
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 Florida Is Built In
- Greek Revival2
- Bungalow; No style1
- Federal1
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
2 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: Monroe State Forest - Raycroft Lookout; Savoy Mountain State Forest - North - South Ponds; Development #5 Hydroelectric Power Facility….
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.