The Oldest Houses in Palmer
695 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 643 of them buildings, with 31 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 18 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1745King, Aaron Farm · 162 Boston Rd · Georgian
- 1770Calkins, Dickerson House · 535 Wilbraham St · Federal
- 1790McNitt, Bernard House · 61 Nipmuck St · Federal
- 1795Boyton, Ezekial House · 3026 South Main St · Federal
- 1817Breckenridge Farm · 2 Breckenridge St · Colonial
- 1825Taylor Farm · 84 State St · Greek Revival
- 1825Bond Hotel · 10 State St · Federal
- 1827Bond, Emelius and Company Store · 2 State St · Greek Revival
- 1828Taylor, Jonathan House · 3062 South Main St · Greek Revival
- 1830Bond, E. House · 53 State St · Greek Revival
- 1830Bond Village School House · 29 South High St · Greek Revival
- 1830Unnamed in the inventory · 31 Shearer St
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 Palmer Is Built In
- Victorian Eclectic103
- Greek Revival84
- Colonial Revival78
- Queen Anne25
- Colonial Revival; Four-square24
- Craftsman19
- Italianate16
- Colonial Revival; No style4
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
3 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. The inventory maps 7 historic areas in town: Thorndike Company District; Palmer Downtown District; Wright Wire Mill 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.