North Adams · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in North Adams
1,217 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 1,088 of them buildings, with 57 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 8 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1782North Adams Old Meeting House · 33 North Church St · FederalNational Register
- 1800Lee's Store · 254 Eagle St · Federal
- 1800Unnamed in the inventory · 427 State St · Federal
- 1805Hathaway, Nathaniel G. House · 363 River St
- 1810Blackinton Company Worker Housing · 1521 Massachusetts Ave · Greek Revival
- 1815Unnamed in the inventory · 543 State St · Federal
- 1816Molly's Bakery · 30-34 Eagle St · Altered beyond recognition; Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1825Unnamed in the inventory · 1591 Massachusetts Ave · Federal
- 1825Sherman, Eber Farm · 1010 State Rd · FederalNational Register
- 1825Barnard, Harry - Walden House · Notch Rd · Greek Revival; No style
- 1825Sherman, William B. Farm · 1072 State Rd · FederalNational Register
- 1830White House · 28 Eagle St · Greek RevivalNational Register
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 North Adams Is Built In
- Queen Anne212
- Italianate75
- Colonial Revival73
- Greek Revival61
- Victorian Eclectic49
- Stick Style33
- English Revival24
- Second Empire16
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
468 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. 5 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 39 historic areas in town: Arnold Print Works; Blackinton Historic District; Church Street - Cady Hill 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.