The Oldest Houses in Heath
88 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 66 of them buildings, with 2 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 21 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1767Leavitt, Rev. Jonathan House · 93 Bassett Rd · Georgian
- 1771Hunt, Samuel House · 59 South Rd · GeorgianNational Register
- 1771Heath Fairgrounds - Temple, Solomon English Barn · Hosmer Rd WestNational Register
- 1771Temple, Solomon and Abigail Hayden House · 90 Avery Brook Rd · Altered beyond recognition; Colonial Revival
- 1771White, Dea. James House · 21 Bassett Rd · Colonial
- 1773Unnamed in the inventory · South Rd · Federal
- 1779Gould, Samuel House · 27 East Main StNational Register
- 1780Maxwell, Benjamin House · 15 South Rd · FederalNational Register
- 1785Temple, Seth House · 55 South Rd · GeorgianNational Register
- 1785White, Jonathan House · South Rd · Federal
- 1790Gleason, Ezra - Tilden, Benjamin House · 23 Avery Brook Rd · FederalNational Register
- 1790Gould, Isaac House · 13 East Main StNational 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 Heath Is Built In
- Federal8
- Georgian4
- Bungalow; No style2
- Not researched; Ranch2
- Greek Revival2
- Altered beyond recognition; Colonial Revival2
- Other1
- Colonial Revival1
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
68 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 5 historic areas in town: Heath Center Historic District; North Heath; South Heath….
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.