Plainfield · The Old House Atlas
The Oldest Houses in Plainfield
114 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 105 of them buildings, with 2 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 22 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1780Unnamed in the inventory · Union St
- 1780Bisbee, Ebenezer House · 252 Prospect St
- 1783Colson, Lt. Ebenezer House - Back Acres · 27 Broom St · FederalNational Register
- 1787Richards, Dea. James House · 166 East Main St
- 1788Gloyd, Joseph House · 64 Old South St · Federal
- 1790Allen, Jacob House · 48 Summit St · Federal
- 1790Robinson, Jeremiah House · 16 Summit St · Federal
- 1790Pixley, Consider House · 66-68 Prospect St
- 1790Beals, Joseph House · 41 Lincoln St · Federal
- 1790Shaw, John - Lincoln, Isaac K. House · 137 Pleasant St · Federal
- 1790Stetson, Marshall House · 80 Stetson St
- 1791Hamlen, John House · 98 West Hill 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 Plainfield Is Built In
- Federal22
- Greek Revival12
- Cape; Not researched5
- Colonial Revival3
- Contemporary2
- Federal; Greek Revival2
- Postwar Traditional; Ranch2
- Victorian Eclectic2
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
60 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 2 historic areas in town: Plainfield Center; Plainfield Center Historic 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.