The Oldest Houses in Ludlow
277 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 236 of them buildings, with 18 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 5 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1750Hubbard, Daniel House · 456 Holyoke St · Colonial
- 1760Colton, Aaron House · 27-29 Miller St · Georgian
- 1783First Meeting House - Grange Hall · 10 Church St · GeorgianPreservation restriction
- 1786Barton, Ezekiel Hotel · 436 Holyoke St · Georgian
- 1800Peas, Joseph House · 284 Miller St · Federal
- 1800Sikes, Theodore House · 1065 Center St · Federal; No style
- 1800Fuller, Henry S. House · 962 Center St · Federal; No style
- 1800Bullard House · 93 Cady St · Federal
- 1800Rood, Moses House · 467 Fuller St · Federal
- 1800Fuller, Ely Tavern · 943 Center St · Colonial
- 1811Sikes, Theodore House · 854 Center St · Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1815Unnamed in the inventory · 186 Lyon 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 Ludlow Is Built In
- Victorian Eclectic57
- Colonial Revival43
- Greek Revival25
- Craftsman19
- Queen Anne13
- Federal7
- Colonial Revival; No style7
- Classical Revival6
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
57 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 8 historic areas in town: Ludlow Center Historic District; Ludlow Business District; Ludlow Manufacturing Company Jute Storehouses….
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.