The Oldest Houses in Holyoke
1,488 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 1,296 of them buildings, with 139 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 4 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1770Fuller, Bushman House · 540 Homestead Ave · Colonial
- 1770Dank House · 295 Southampton Rd · Colonial
- 1780Spooner, Nathan House · 467 Rock Valley Rd · Colonial
- 1780Tuttle, Henry House · 1329 Northampton St · Federal
- 1800Street, Manley House · 100 Mountain Rd · Federal
- 1800Griffin House · 200 Apremont Hwy · Greek Revival
- 1800Humeston, Caleb House · 123 Homestead Ave · Colonial
- 1810Unnamed in the inventory · 489 Northampton St · Federal
- 1815Bagg, Aaron Log Cabin · 72 Fairfield AveLocal historic district
- 1820Unnamed in the inventory · 485 Northampton St · Greek Revival
- 1830Goodyear, Austin L. House · 755 Homestead Ave · Federal
- 1845Old Long House, The - Long, Dr. Lawson House · 1921 Northampton St · Federal
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 Holyoke Is Built In
- Queen Anne274
- Italianate208
- Colonial Revival147
- Classical Revival82
- Victorian Eclectic60
- Craftsman46
- Greek Revival; Row House43
- English Revival40
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
253 of the town's inventoried resources are on the National Register, an honour that, for a private owner, restricts almost nothing. 53 sit in a local historic district, where exterior changes need a commission's sign-off, the designation with teeth. 3 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 58 historic areas in town: Highlands; Downtown; Churchill….
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.