Huntington · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Huntington
175 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 152 of them buildings, with 7 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 15 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1773Knight, Samuel House · 36 Allen Coit Rd
- 1780Ellis, Samuel House · 181 Goss Hill Rd · Federal
- 1780Blair, Solomon House · 143 Pond Brook Rd
- 1783Tracy, Rev. Stephen House · 73 County Rd · Federal
- 1790Sacket, Lt. Zavan - Munson, Myron House · 70 Worthington Rd
- 1790Pomeroy, Titus House · 62 Knightville Dam Rd · Colonial
- 1793Leffingwell, Elisha - Arnold, William House · 80 Harlow Clark Rd · Federal
- 1794Cook, Perley B. House · 73 Old Chester Rd · Federal
- 1795Lyman, Giles House · 8 Cullen Hill Rd
- 1796Weller, Moses House · 28 Montgomery Rd · Altered beyond recognition; Victorian Eclectic
- 1796Wight, Eleazer House · 14 Pond Brook Rd · Federal
- 1797North Hall · 40 Searle 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 Huntington Is Built In
- Greek Revival27
- Queen Anne23
- Italianate15
- Federal10
- Colonial Revival6
- Colonial4
- Victorian Eclectic3
- Greek Revival; Italianate2
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
113 of the town's inventoried resources are on the National Register, an honour that, for a private owner, restricts almost nothing. 1 sit in a local historic district, where exterior changes need a commission's sign-off, the designation with teeth. The inventory maps 2 historic areas in town: Huntington Village Historic District; Main Streetscape.
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.