Longmeadow · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Longmeadow
1,634 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 1,611 of them buildings, with 15 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 33 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1695Cooley - Chapman, Nathaniel and John House · 14 Fairfield Ter · Colonial; No style
- 1703Hale, Thomas House · 37 Birnie Rd · Colonial; GeorgianLocal historic district
- 1713Bliss, Nathaniel - Keep, Matthew House · 909 Longmeadow St · GeorgianNational Register + local district
- 1720Bliss, Ebenezer - Leete, Theodore House · 690 Longmeadow St · FederalNational Register + local district
- 1725Burt, Capt. David House · 951 Longmeadow St · GeorgianNational Register + local district
- 1728Field, Thomas House · 259 Longmeadow St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1732Colton, Capt. Thomas House · 1124 Longmeadow St · Colonial; Federal
- 1734Colton, Capt. Simon and Maj. Luther House · 787 Longmeadow St · GeorgianLocal historic district
- 1758Bliss, Thomas II - Ely, Nathaniel House · 655 Longmeadow St · GeorgianNational Register + local district
- 1760Cooley, Josiah - Colton, Capt. Luther House · 476 Longmeadow St · Colonial; Federal
- 1765Cooley - Phelps, Gilbert - Stone, Everett House · 384 Longmeadow St · Colonial; GeorgianNational Register
- 1765Colton, Jacob House · 780 Longmeadow St · Federal; GeorgianNational Register + local district
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 Longmeadow Is Built In
- Colonial Revival782
- Craftsman239
- English Revival116
- Colonial Revival; English Revival57
- Colonial Revival; Craftsman50
- Colonial Revival; No style31
- Colonial Revival; Four-square25
- Victorian Eclectic23
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
127 of the town's inventoried resources are on the National Register, an honour that, for a private owner, restricts almost nothing. 61 sit in a local historic district, where exterior changes need a commission's sign-off, the designation with teeth. 1 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 23 historic areas in town: Western Drive - Englewood and Allen Roads Area; South Park Terrace; Laurel Manor….
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.