The Oldest Houses in Leyden
47 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 41 of them buildings, with 2 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 14 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1775Severance, Capt. Matthew House · 200 Mid County Rd
- 1780Wilbur, H. - Briggs, Enoch House · 102 Mid County Rd · Federal
- 1781Babcock, Oliver House · 486 West Leyden Rd · Georgian
- 1794Newcomb, Hezekiah House · 119 East Hill Rd
- 1800Henry, Jesse House · 270 South County Rd · Federal
- 1800Johnson, P. House · 30 West Leyden Rd
- 1800Clark, David House - Carpenter Tavern · 187 Mid County Rd · Federal
- 1805Aldrich, Simeon - Chapin House · 30 Keets Brook Rd · Federal
- 1805Childs, G. House · 8 Coates Rd · Federal
- 1810Warden House · 859 Greenfield Rd · Federal
- 1815Foster, J. House · 357 East Hill Rd
- 1815Potter, W. S. House · 228 East Hill Rd · 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 Leyden Is Built In
- Federal12
- Greek Revival5
- Georgian1
- Colonial Revival1
- Italianate1
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
No local historic district binds owners here. The inventory maps 5 historic areas in town: South Leyden; Leyden Center; Beaver Meadow….
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.