The Oldest Houses in Hampden
116 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 107 of them buildings. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 26 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1780Burgess, Thornton W. House · 789 Main St · ColonialNational Register
- 1780Warren, Rev. Moses - Howlett House · 653 Main St · Georgian
- 1782West, Stephen Tannery · 674 Main St
- 1783West, Stephen - Hancock, John House · 1 South Rd · Greek Revival
- 1790Sessions, Sumner House · 43 North Rd · Georgian
- 1792Seven Hearths · 667 Main St · Federal
- 1792West - Thresher House · 685 Main St · Federal
- 1795The Fort · 438 Main St · Colonial Revival
- 1805Flynt - Smith House · 32 Riverside Dr · Federal
- 1807Tillotson, Elizur Jr. - Thresher House · 650 Main St · Federal
- 1808Beebe, Steward House · 85 North Rd · Italianate
- 1810Stebbins - Adams House · 568 Main St
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 Hampden Is Built In
- Greek Revival25
- Queen Anne6
- Colonial Revival5
- Federal5
- Italianate3
- Gothic Revival3
- Cape; Postwar Traditional3
- Postwar Traditional2
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 2 historic areas in town: Burgess, Thornton W. House; Hampden Village.
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.