The Oldest Houses in Rowe
11 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 1 of them buildings, with 1 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 14 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1927Sherman Development Hydroelectric Powerhouse · Sherman Yankee Rd · Colonial Revival
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 Rowe Is Built In
- Colonial Revival1
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. The inventory maps 4 historic areas in town: Monroe Bridge; Sherman Development Hydroelectric Power Facility; Development #5 Hydroelectric Power Facility….
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.