Northampton · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Northampton
1,678 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 1,487 of them buildings, with 102 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 19 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1700Hunt, Jonathan House · 109 Elm St · Colonial Revival; GeorgianLocal historic district
- 1700Long, Richard - Williams, Michael House · 7 Market StNational Register
- 1704Clark, Josiah - Ferry House · 179 South St · Georgian
- 1713Strong, Col. Elisha Homestead · 134 South St · Altered beyond recognition; Greek RevivalNational Register
- 1713Clapp, Capt. Roger House · 148 South St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1719Parsons, Cornet Nathaniel and Abigail Bunce - Wright, Chloe House · 58 Bridge St · Colonial; First PeriodPreservation restriction
- 1720Clark, Luther House · 262 Bridge St · Colonial; First Period
- 1725Unnamed in the inventory · 1195 Westhampton Rd · Colonial; No style
- 1740Higbee House - Smith College Housing · 8 West St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1744Manse, The · 54 Prospect St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1746Parsons, Jacob and Beulah Hunt House · 252 Bridge St
- 1750Clark, Nathaniel House · 283 South St · Colonial
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 Northampton Is Built In
- Queen Anne243
- Colonial Revival184
- Italianate157
- Victorian Eclectic138
- Greek Revival61
- Classical Revival35
- Gothic Revival26
- Colonial Revival; Queen Anne22
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
378 of the town's inventoried resources are on the National Register, an honour that, for a private owner, restricts almost nothing. 96 sit in a local historic district, where exterior changes need a commission's sign-off, the designation with teeth. 34 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 34 historic areas in town: Northampton Downtown Historic District; Bridge Street Area; Smith College….
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.