The Oldest Houses in Gill
279 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 240 of them buildings, with 4 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
- 1760Howland, George Tavern - Old Red House · 61 French King HwyNational Register
- 1768Carey, Seth House · 497 Main Rd · Federal
- 1790Purple, Ezra O. House · 37 Mount Hermon Rd · Federal
- 1790Howland, Seth House · 65 French King Hwy · FederalNational Register
- 1795Marble, J. B. House · 65 River Rd
- 1796Gill First Congregational Church · 6 Center Rd · Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1797Durkee, Jeremiah House · 73 River Rd · Federal
- 1801Gill Center General Store and Gas Station · 326 Main Rd · Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1814Burrows, Amos House · Mount Hermon Rd · Federal
- 1815Hale, John W. House · 214 Main Rd · Federal
- 1825Chapin, E. L. House · 58 River Rd · Greek Revival
- 1825Gill Center School · 19 Boyle RdNational Register
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 Gill Is Built In
- Colonial Revival23
- Victorian Eclectic16
- Greek Revival15
- Queen Anne14
- Cape; Postwar Traditional11
- Federal9
- Italianate8
- Contemporary5
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
149 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 8 historic areas in town: Gill Center; Turner's Falls Historic District; Riverside….
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.