Mount Washington · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Mount Washington
23 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 11 of them buildings, with 6 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 1 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1820Penny Royal Arms · 311 East St · Greek Revival
- 1840Copake Iron Works House · 258 West St · Greek Revival
- 1842Smith, Milo House · 358 East St · Federal
- 1842Keith, Elmer House · 213 West St · Greek Revival
- 1842Stephens, Abner House · 232 East St · Greek Revival
- 1842Alander Hotel · 583 East St · Greek Revival
- 1850Unnamed in the inventory · 371 West St · Greek Revival
- 1868North School House · 119 West St · Greek Revival
- 1869First Church of Christ in Mount Washington · 428 East St · Gothic Revival
- 1876Mount Washington Town Hall · 2 Plantain Pond Rd · Greek Revival
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 Mount Washington Is Built In
- Greek Revival8
- Federal2
- Gothic Revival1
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
2 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. The inventory maps 1 historic area in town: Osborn, Benjamin House.
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.