The Oldest Houses in Monroe
40 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 28 of them buildings, with 5 recorded as demolished and excluded below.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1888Monroe Town Hall and School · 2 Depot St · Queen Anne
- 1889Ramage, James First House · 7 School St · Queen Anne
- 1890Unnamed in the inventory · 1 Ecology Dr · No style; Row House
- 1890Unnamed in the inventory · 1 Comai St
- 1890Unnamed in the inventory · 5 Depot St
- 1890Unnamed in the inventory · 11 Depot St
- 1890Unnamed in the inventory · 6 Depot St
- 1890Unnamed in the inventory · 4 Depot St
- 1890Unnamed in the inventory · 9 Depot St
- 1890Monroe Village Store and Post Office · 117 Readsboro Rd
- 1890Unnamed in the inventory · 3 Depot St
- 1890New England Power Company Operator's House · 7 Depot St
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 Monroe Is Built In
- Queen Anne2
- Victorian Eclectic2
- No style; Row House1
- Colonial Revival; Row House1
- Classical Revival1
- Colonial Revival1
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 3 historic areas in town: Monroe Bridge; Sherman Development Hydroelectric Power Facility; Development #5 Hydroelectric Power Facility.
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.