Greenfield · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Greenfield
694 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 595 of them buildings, with 39 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 31 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1700Hastings, Obed House · 17 Factory Hollow Rd
- 1739Smead, Jonathan House · 200 Green River Rd · Colonial
- 1740Old Tavern Farm · 817 Colrain Rd · FederalNational Register
- 1747Wells, Capt. Ebenezer House · 638 Colrain Rd · Georgian
- 1750McHard Red Salt Box House · 13 Newell Pond Pl · Colonial
- 1765Smead, Jonathan Jr. House · 274 Leyden Rd · Georgian
- 1766Brook, Allen Farmhouse · 620 Colrain Rd · Georgian
- 1766Smead, Lemuel House · 276 Green River Rd · Georgian
- 1774Childs, Timothy - Bascom, Moses House · 509 Lampblack Rd · Federal
- 1777Arms, Moses Farmhouse · 248 Colrain Rd · Georgian
- 1780Wells Tavern · 758 Colrain Rd · Federal
- 1782Phillips, McHard House · 209 Barton 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 Greenfield Is Built In
- Victorian Eclectic101
- Queen Anne48
- Colonial Revival36
- Classical Revival30
- Italianate29
- Greek Revival27
- Federal16
- English Revival8
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
144 of the town's inventoried resources are on the National Register, an honour that, for a private owner, restricts almost nothing. 1 sit in a local historic district, where exterior changes need a commission's sign-off, the designation with teeth. 8 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 27 historic areas in town: Main Street Historic District; East Main - High Street Historic District; Central Main Street Area….
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.