The Oldest Houses in Pelham
118 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 100 of them buildings, with 4 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
- 1740McFarland, Andrew House · 365 Amherst Rd · Colonial
- 1740Cowan, Ephraim - Gray, Adam Clark and Eunice Clough House · 24 Cook Rd
- 1740Dick, Capt. Thomas House · 290 Amherst Rd · Colonial
- 1742McConnell, James - Mills, William House · 225 Amherst Rd
- 1743Pelham Old Meetinghouse · 374-376 Amherst Rd · Colonial; Greek RevivalPreservation restriction
- 1745Harkness, John House · 58 Harkness Rd · Georgian
- 1750Johnson, Thomas and Jean - Arnold, Samuel Franklin and Frances Caswell Newell House · 37 Arnold Rd · Colonial
- 1750Savage, Capt. John House - Rock Walls Farm · 59 Meetinghouse Rd · Colonial
- 1759Holland, Hugh - Kellogg, Jonathan House · 126 Amherst Rd
- 1770Parmenter, John Newton House · 18-20 Amherst Rd
- 1780Morgan, Annette House · 44 Amherst Rd
- 1780Cook, Ziba and Sally House · 7A Gulf Rd · 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 Pelham Is Built In
- Greek Revival13
- Bungalow; Craftsman7
- Colonial Revival6
- Colonial5
- Victorian Eclectic4
- Cape; No style4
- Cape; Postwar Traditional3
- Federal; Greek Revival2
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
No local historic district binds owners here. 2 carry recorded preservation restrictions that run with the deed. The inventory maps 2 historic areas in town: Pelham Town Hall Historic District; Quabbin Reservoir.
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.