The Oldest Houses in Hadley
1,186 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 1,028 of them buildings, with 60 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
- 1713Porter, Samuel - Thayer, Oliver House · 26 West St · Colonial; GeorgianNational Register
- 1740Clark, Ezra Inn and Toll House · 98 Bay Rd · ColonialNational Register
- 1743Lyman, Capt. John House · 170 Hockanum Rd · ColonialNational Register
- 1745Smith, Noah House · 4 West St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1747Pomeroy, Ebenezer - Thayer, Charles S. House · 179 Hockanum Rd · GeorgianNational Register
- 1752Porter - Phelps - Huntington House · 130 River Dr · GeorgianPreservation restriction
- 1753Lyman, Phinehas House · 78 West St · Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1760Smith, Jonathan House · 51 West St · FederalNational Register
- 1766Hopkins, Rev. Samuel House · 40 West St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1770Goodman, Stephen House · 83 West St · FederalNational Register
- 1770Hall, Jonathan - Hopkins, Timothy House · 128 West St · FederalNational Register
- 1773Dickenson, Elisha House · 119 West St · Federal; GeorgianNational 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 Hadley Is Built In
- Federal71
- Greek Revival64
- Ranch50
- Queen Anne44
- Colonial Revival33
- Contemporary23
- Craftsman18
- Victorian Eclectic18
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
796 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. 3 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 40 historic areas in town: Hadley Center Historic District; West Street Area; North Hadley Center….
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.