The Oldest Houses in Orange
459 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 401 of them buildings, with 43 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 25 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1746Wallingford, Ezekiel House - West Hill Farm · 330 Sentinel Elm Rd
- 1770Unnamed in the inventory · 185 Athol Rd · Greek Revival
- 1771Unnamed in the inventory · 180 Athol Rd
- 1773Mayo, Benjamin House and Tavern · 60 Main St
- 1780Finney House · 515 South Main St · Greek Revival
- 1781Community Church of North Orange and Tully · 48 Main St · Federal
- 1805Chase, Rufus D. House · 65 West River St · Greek Revival
- 1815Kendall, Aral House · 900 North Main St
- 1818Reynolds, Holman House · 610 South Main St · Federal; Victorian Eclectic
- 1823Unnamed in the inventory · 83 Royalston Rd · Federal
- 1824Moore, Daniel House · 488 Sentinel Elm Rd
- 1825Unnamed in the inventory · 135 Wheeler Ave · 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 Orange Is Built In
- Victorian Eclectic91
- Greek Revival62
- Queen Anne38
- Italianate16
- Colonial Revival13
- Second Empire13
- Greek Revival; Italianate7
- Panel Brick7
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
45 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 18 historic areas in town: Lower South Main Street Area; West River - West Myrtle Streets Area; The Commons….
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.