Northfield · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Northfield
469 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 378 of them buildings, with 4 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 29 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1716Evans, Peter House · 120 Main St · ColonialNational Register
- 1721Field, Ebenezer House · 15 Main St · Colonial; FederalNational Register
- 1740Stratton, Asa House · Alexander Hill Rd · Colonial
- 1750Belding, Lt. Jonathan House · 99 Main St · ColonialNational Register
- 1750Wright, Reuben House · 61 Main St · ColonialNational Register
- 1765Pomeroy, Dr. Medad House · 73 Main St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1774Alexander, Simeon Jr. House · 496 Millers Falls Rd · ColonialNational Register
- 1775Hunt, Capt. Samuel Tavern · 91 Main St · GeorgianNational Register
- 1776Alexander, Simeon House · 188 Main St · ColonialNational Register
- 1780Blake, Dr. Charles House · 97 Main St · FederalNational Register
- 1783Pomeroy, William House · 50 Main St · FederalNational Register
- 1784White, Ebenezer Tavern · 27 Main St · GeorgianNational 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 Northfield Is Built In
- Colonial Revival53
- Greek Revival47
- Craftsman37
- Victorian Eclectic30
- Queen Anne28
- Federal24
- Colonial16
- Bungalow; No style7
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
180 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. 1 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 12 historic areas in town: Main Street Historic District; East Main Street; West Main Street….
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.