New Marlborough · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in New Marlborough
217 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 180 of them buildings, with 12 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 31 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 17401740 Farm · 307 Hadsell Rd
- 1740Wheeler, Benjamin House · 40 Stone Manor Dr · Colonial; Georgian
- 1745Sheldon, Ezra House · 127-129 Hartsville New Marlborough Rd · FederalNational Register
- 1755Chapin, A. House · 1057-1059 Hartsville New Marlborough Rd · Colonial; Georgian
- 1760Tavern on the Green, The · 134 Hartsville New Marlborough Rd · GeorgianNational Register
- 1770Adams, Harvey House · 545 Mill River Southfield Rd · Federal
- 1771Harmmon, Asa House · 731 New Marlborough South Sandisfield Rd · Colonial; Georgian
- 1785Baldwin, David Farm · 474 East Hill Rd · Georgian
- 1785Old Clayton Hotel · 2362 Canaan Southfield Rd · Federal
- 1786Gibson, John Jr. House · 416 Adsit Crosby Rd · Colonial
- 1787Chapin, Ephraim House · 978 Clayton Mill River Rd · Georgian
- 1789Collar, Capt. John House · 780 Cross to Canaan Valley Rd · Colonial; 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 New Marlborough Is Built In
- Greek Revival72
- Federal28
- Federal; Greek Revival8
- Colonial Revival7
- Italianate6
- Gothic Revival4
- Queen Anne4
- Cape; Not researched4
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
88 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. 4 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 6 historic areas in town: New Marlborough Center Historic District; Steepletop; Mill River Historic District….
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.