Hatfield · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Hatfield
719 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 665 of them buildings, with 27 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 28 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1705Waite, Justin O. House · 40 North St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1740Partridge, Oliver House · 15 Elm St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1740Morton, C. K. House · 30 School St · FederalNational Register
- 1750Hubbard Inn · 4 Elm St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1760Billings, F. D. House · 31 Main St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1760Porter, Henry S. House · 26 Elm St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1762Morton House · 1 South St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1770Dickinson, C. House · 69 Main St · FederalNational Register
- 1772Billings, David House · 15 Main St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1777Porter, James House · 7 Elm St · FederalNational Register
- 1780Moore, Lyman House · 12 Main St · ColonialNational Register
- 1780Morton, Ebenezer House · 72 Main St · FederalNational 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 Hatfield Is Built In
- Not researched; Ranch63
- Victorian Eclectic60
- Greek Revival56
- Queen Anne51
- Colonial Revival48
- Cape; Not researched29
- Craftsman27
- Federal21
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
620 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. 1 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 13 historic areas in town: Bradstreet; North - King - Main Streets Area; Hatfield Village 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.