The Oldest Houses in Hawley
53 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 34 of them buildings, with 3 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 1 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1779Hitchcock, Arthur House · 319 East Hawley Rd · Federal
- 1795Hall, Ebenezer - Rice, Sylvester House · 7 Pudding Hollow Rd
- 1800Brayman, Erastus House · 31 East Hawley Rd · Federal
- 1800Sears, Rufus House · 54 Middle Rd
- 1800Longley, Col. Edmond Jr. House · 292 East Hawley Rd
- 1805Baker, Hollister House · 61 Pudding Hollow Rd · Federal
- 1805Butrick, Joseph - Taylor, John House · 81 Middle Rd · Federal
- 1807Longley, Luther House · 324 East Hawley RdNational Register
- 1810Oakes - Baker - Wilbur - Sears House · 87 Pudding Hollow Rd
- 1825Cooley, Calvin House · 53 Labelle Rd · Federal
- 1825Harmon, Gains House · 7 Watson Rd
- 1830Vincent, John House · 5 Forge Hill Rd
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 Hawley Is Built In
- Greek Revival9
- Federal5
- Altered beyond recognition; Greek Revival1
- Victorian Eclectic1
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
17 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 9 historic areas in town: East Hawley; Doane District - Poverty Square; South Hawley….
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.